On the Xylaria in scrub jungles of southwest India

This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Syed, Tahir, Sharathchandra, Kodandoor, Sridhar, Kandikere R (2023): On the Xylaria in scrub jungles of southwest India. Species (e 9 s 1009) 24 (73): 1-9, DOI: 10.54905/disssi/v24i73/e9s1009, URL: doi.org/10.54905/disssi/v24i73/e9s1009 ABSTRACT Xylaria is a widely distributed genus belong to the family Xylariaceae and grows on a wide variety of substrates in different habitats.

Up to 60 species of Xylaria have been reported from the Indian subcontinent, while southwest India is known for about 30 species. Recently, four species of Xylaria (X. arbuscula, X. grammica, X. minuta and X. oxyacanthae) were found to grow on various habitats and substrates during an inventory of scrub jungles of southwest India during 2019-21. Xylaria arbuscula and X. grammica were confined to dead bark, while X. minuta and X. oxyacanthae were grown on the dead twigs and humus, respectively.