Pyrenomycetes from Southwestern France - Descriptions, identification keys, and photographs of Hypoxylon species (Pyrenomycetes: Xylariaceae) in France. Ustulina deusta - Several photographs and a description of this fungus and its habitat, in Polish and English. Xylaria - Photographs of Xylaria hypoxylon and the clublike Xylaria polymorpha. Xylariaceae - Keys and images of fourteen genera in the family Xylariaceae. Trunk Rot - Photograph of fruiting bodies of Ustulina deusta on the trunk of a beech tree. Daldinia concentrica - Article by Tom Volk on this black spherical fungus, commonly known as King Alfred’s cake, coal fungus, coal balls or cramp balls. Poronia punctata - Photograph of this species seen growing here on horse dung. Xylaria polymorpha - Article by Tom Volk on Dead Man’s Fingers with several interesting photographs of this aptly named species.