Willow Barkspot - Diatrype bullata
A barkspot associated with willows, rarely poplars. The fruit bodies (stromata) break through the bark (erumpent) and have an elongated outline. They are dark in colour, with white flesh inside.
Very similar barkspots occur on other species of deciduous tree
host 
Good field photos, and you must identify species of host tree
Salix spp.
Hazel Graves
Blackbrook and Dishley Pool near Loughborough
17 February 2024
conf. G Hall. On a Salix
Hazel Graves
Blackbrook and Dishley Pool near Loughborough
17 February 2024
Hazel Graves
Blackbrook and Dishley Pool near Loughborough
17 February 2024
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Species profile
- Common names
- Willow Barkspot
- Species group:
- fungus
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Xylariales
- Family:
- Diatrypaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 4
- First record:
- 17/07/2013 (Thompson, Peter)
- Last record:
- 29/03/2025 (Higgott, Mike)
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