• Mycobiology
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• v.30 no.4
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• pp.193-196
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• 2002

Five species of the genus Xylaria are recognized on Malaysia materials: X. hypoxylon(L. FR.) Grev, X. allantoidea(Berk.) Fr., X. cubensis(Mont.) Fr., X. curta Fr. and X. grammica(Mont.) Fr.. The collection of Xylaria allantoidea from Malaysia is compared to the collection from Taiwan in morphological characters. The species are described their the host and cultural characteristics by a bright microscope and a scanning electron microscope.