Species Detail - Dead Man's Fingers (Xylaria polymorpha) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Fungal Records for Ireland".
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).Marine Map - 50km
Marine Map - 50km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
Xylaria polymorpha
Dead Man's Fingers
NBNSYS0000020470
UnverifiedUnverified
Sphaeria digitata Sowerby, Sphaeria polymorpha Pers., Xylaria polymorpha var. pistillaris Nitschke, Xylosphaera polymorpha (Pers.) Dumort.
N/A
xypol
(Pers.) Grev.
fungus
Species
23
17
14
14/09/1957
30/09/2006
19 May (recorded in 2012)
28 December (recorded in 1999)
British Mycological Society, Fungal Records for Ireland, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Dead Man's Fingers (Xylaria polymorpha), accessed 12 May 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/77/Species/150358>