Description:
coral fungus
Fruiting Body: pseudothecial ascomycete; stroma up to 30 cm long x 1-3 cm diameter; erumpent from beneath the tree bark. Spores: ascospores 2-celled, smooth, hyaline.

Diagnostic macroscopic feature: black irregular swellings on twigs and branches of cherry trees

Nutritional Mode: obligate parasite

Substrate: on stems, branches and trunk of cherry species

Habitat: woodlands, yards, etc. wherever cherry grows

Fruiting Season: asexual spores in spring, sexual spores in summer