''Annulohypoxylon archeri'' (formerly ''Hypoxylon archeri'') is a

saprophytic Saprotrophic nutrition or lysotrophic nutrition is a process of chemoheterotrophic extracellular digestion involved in the processing of decayed (dead or waste) organic matter. It occurs in saprotrophs, and is most often associated with fungi ...

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species. It was moved from the genus ''

Hypoxylon ''Hypoxylon'' is a genus of ascomycetes commonly found on dead wood, and usually one of the earliest species to colonise dead wood. A common European species is ''Hypoxylon fragiforme'' which is particularly common on dead trunks of beech. Based ...

'' into the genus ''

Annulohypoxylon ''Annulohypoxylon'', sometimes called cramp balls, is a genus of fungi in the family Xylariaceae. The 27 species in the genus have a collectively widespread distribution. The genus ''Annulohypoxylon'' was created in 2005 and contains species for ...

'' erected in 2005 by Hsieh, Ju and Rogers. ''A. archeri'' is commonly used in the cultivation of ''

Tremella fuciformis ''Tremella fuciformis'' is a species of fungus; it produces white, frond-like, gelatinous basidiocarps (fruiting bodies). It is widespread, especially in the tropics, where it can be found on the dead branches of broadleaf trees. This fungus is ...

'' - one of the foremost

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and culinary fungi of

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and

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. ''Tremella fuciformis'' is a

parasitic Parasitism is a close relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives (at least some of the time) on or inside another organism, the host, causing it some harm, and is adapted structurally to this way of life. The ent ...

yeast Yeasts are eukaryotic, single-celled microorganisms classified as members of the fungus kingdom (biology), kingdom. The first yeast originated hundreds of millions of years ago, and at least 1,500 species are currently recognized. They are est ...

that does not form an edible fruitbody without parasitizing another fungus. ''Annulohypoxylon archeri'' is its preferred host, so cultivators usually pair cultures of ''Tremella fuciformis'' with this species, or others in the former genus ''Hypoxylon'' (now spread into two genera – ''Hypoxylon'' and ''Annulohypoxylon'').

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Xylariales Fungus species Taxa named by Miles Joseph Berkeley {{Xylariales-stub

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