<p>Scientific Name: <i>Xylaria</i>
Common Name: Dead Man's Fingers
Certainty: sure of genus (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://bornnaturalist.org/notes/20060730#131">notes</a>)
Location: Central Appalachians; George Washington NF; Shenandoah Mt
Date: 20060730
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Cross-section, at 10x.  Shiny balls are goop-filled perithecia.
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