Xylaria
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Xylaria is a genus of ascomycete fungi best known for its dark, club-shaped fruiting bodies that decompose wood and other plant material.
All labels observed (8)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Xylaria canonical | 5 |
| Xylaria hypoxylon | 2 |
| Thamnomyces | 1 |
| Xylaria carpophila | 1 |
| Xylaria digitata | 1 |
| Xylaria longipes | 1 |
| Xylaria oxyacanthae | 1 |
| Xylaria polymorpha | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6317533 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Xylaria Context triple: [Xylariales, typeGenus, Xylaria]
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A.
Nectria
Nectria is a genus of fungi in the order Hypocreales, many species of which are known as plant pathogens causing cankers and other diseases on trees and crops.
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B.
Scopulariopsis
Scopulariopsis is a genus of filamentous fungi known for its saprophytic lifestyle and occasional role as an opportunistic human pathogen.
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C.
Boehmeriopsis
Boehmeriopsis is a small genus of flowering plants in the hemp family Cannabaceae, native to parts of Asia and known for its herbaceous species.
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D.
Xylariales
Xylariales is an order of ascomycete fungi, many of which are wood-decaying or endophytic species known for their dark, carbonaceous fruiting bodies.
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E.
Ceratocystidaceae
Ceratocystidaceae is a family of ascomycete fungi that includes several important plant pathogens known for causing wilt and canker diseases in trees and other plants.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Xylaria Target entity description: Xylaria is a genus of ascomycete fungi best known for its dark, club-shaped fruiting bodies that decompose wood and other plant material.
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A.
Nectria
Nectria is a genus of fungi in the order Hypocreales, many species of which are known as plant pathogens causing cankers and other diseases on trees and crops.
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B.
Scopulariopsis
Scopulariopsis is a genus of filamentous fungi known for its saprophytic lifestyle and occasional role as an opportunistic human pathogen.
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C.
Boehmeriopsis
Boehmeriopsis is a small genus of flowering plants in the hemp family Cannabaceae, native to parts of Asia and known for its herbaceous species.
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D.
Xylariales
Xylariales is an order of ascomycete fungi, many of which are wood-decaying or endophytic species known for their dark, carbonaceous fruiting bodies.
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E.
Ceratocystidaceae
Ceratocystidaceae is a family of ascomycete fungi that includes several important plant pathogens known for causing wilt and canker diseases in trees and other plants.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | fungal genus ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
buried wood
ⓘ
deciduous trees ⓘ hardwood logs ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Xylariaceae ⓘ |
| class | Sordariomycetes ⓘ |
| containsSpecies |
Xylaria carpophila
ⓘ
linked to:
Xylaria
Xylaria digitata ⓘ
linked to:
Xylaria
Xylaria hypoxylon ⓘ
linked to:
Xylaria
Xylaria longipes ⓘ
linked to:
Xylaria
Xylaria oxyacanthae ⓘ
linked to:
Xylaria
Xylaria polymorpha ⓘ
linked to:
Xylaria
|
| contributesTo | nutrient cycling in forest ecosystems ⓘ |
| distribution | cosmopolitan ⓘ |
| division | Ascomycota ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole | saprotroph ⓘ |
| family | Xylariaceae ⓘ |
| fruitingBodyColor | dark ⓘ |
| fruitingBodyShape | club-shaped ⓘ |
| fruitingBodyType | stromatic ascoma ⓘ |
| habitat |
forests
ⓘ
woodlands ⓘ |
| hasTypeSpecies |
Xylaria hypoxylon
ⓘ
linked to:
Xylaria
|
| isA |
ascomycete fungus genus
ⓘ
wood-decaying fungus genus ⓘ |
| kingdom | Fungi ⓘ |
| knownFor |
dark, club-shaped fruiting bodies
ⓘ
decomposition of wood and plant material ⓘ |
| lifeCycleStage |
asexual reproduction via conidia
ⓘ
sexual reproduction via ascospores ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Greek word "xylon" (wood) ⓘ |
| notableSpeciesCommonName |
candlesnuff fungus
ⓘ
dead man's fingers ⓘ |
| order | Xylariales ⓘ |
| phylum | Ascomycota ⓘ |
| reproductiveStructure | perithecia ⓘ |
| roleInEcosystem | decomposer of lignocellulosic material ⓘ |
| sporeType | ascospore ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| trophicMode | saprobic ⓘ |
| typicalSubstrate |
dead wood
ⓘ
fallen branches ⓘ plant debris ⓘ tree stumps ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Xylaria Description of subject: Xylaria is a genus of ascomycete fungi best known for its dark, club-shaped fruiting bodies that decompose wood and other plant material.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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linked to: Xylaria