Definition of Genus Xylaria

1. Noun. Type genus of Xylariaceae; fungi with perithecia in the upper part of erect black woody stromata.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Xylaria

genus Woodwardia
genus Wyethia
genus Wynnea
genus Xanthium
genus Xanthomonas
genus Xanthorroea
genus Xanthosoma
genus Xenicus
genus Xenopus
genus Xenorhyncus
genus Xenosaurus
genus Xeranthemum
genus Xerobates
genus Xerophyllum
genus Xiphias
genus Xylaria (current term)
genus Xylocopa
genus Xylomelum
genus Xylopia
genus Xylosma
genus Xyphophorus
genus Xyris
genus Yucca
genus Zaglossus
genus Zalophus
genus Zamia
genus Zannichellia
genus Zantedeschia
genus Zanthoxylum
genus Zapus

Literary usage of Genus Xylaria

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1871)
"... with the perithecia immersed in it at the upper part, it forms the genus Xylaria. If this club or stalk be fleshy, white or red it is a Cordyceps. ..."

2. The Intellectual Observer (1867)
"... of shapeless dark bodies appeared, one of which, when coaxed into its complete development, proved to be an undescribed fungus of the genus Xylaria. ..."

3. Scottish Cryptogamic Flora, Or, Coloured Figures and Descriptions of ...by Robert Kaye Greville by Robert Kaye Greville (1824)
"... and I have adopted the genus Xylaria from HILL and from SCHRANK. It divides naturally enough into two sections, as the species are either more or less ..."

4. Measuring and Monitoring Biodiversity in Tropical and Temperate Forests by Timothy James Butler Boyle, B. Boontawee (1995)
"If the ascomycete genus Xylaria was chosen to represent diversity in tropical rainforests, then the results might be misleading. ..."

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