The genus Hypoxylon is a member of the Xylariaceae that has brown to dark brown and phaseoliform single cell ascospores with a conspicuous full germ slit. Hypoxylon truncatum differs from H. annulatum, it has conspicuous perithecial mounds, dark brown stromatal surface, and absence of enriched ostiola disc. The isolate of Hypoxylon, collected from Mt. Deuk-yu in Korea, is compared with similar taxa and described. The isolation of H. truncatum is compared with similar taxa, H. annulatum, with a precise description in the SEM level in Korea.