MycoKey : the species Geoglossum umbratile

Generic short diagnoses: Stipitate, club-shaped to spathulate, dark brown to black, dry or slimy, soil inhabiting discomycetes, mostly with long, ± brown multi-septate spores.


Geoglossum umbratile - DK: slank jordtunge, UK: Plain Earthtongue

Geoglossum umbratile , slank jordtunge, Plain Earthtongue, brunsvart jordtunge, svart jordtunga, Slanke årdtong, Schwarze Erdzunge
Illustration and © Jens H. Petersen
Denmark, JHP-94.277
Geoglossum umbratile , slank jordtunge, Plain Earthtongue, brunsvart jordtunge, svart jordtunga, Slanke årdtong, Schwarze Erdzunge
Asci and paraphyses*, ascus tops (top† (lugol), below*), spores*
Illustration and © Hans-Otto Baral
France, HB 6543

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