I think it could be one of three species - Geoglossum cookeianum, G. glutinosum or G. umbratile. Unfortunately, I don't have descriptions of them all and I suspect I'd need to do a microscopic examination to tell for sure which it is. This was the first time my husband, Chris, and I have ever seen these things and we were treated to quite a showing. I can see why they are commonly known as Earth Tongues!Photographed in the Blue Tier on the Goblin Forest track.
Summary[edit] Description: English: Paraphyses of Geoglossum cookeanum. 800X total magnification. Date: 18 April 2013, 14:54:06. Source: Own work. Author: Geoglossum.
Summary[edit] Description: English: A fruitbody of the earthtongue fungus Geoglossum difforme Fr.; photographed in Bear Head Lake State Park, Minnesota, USA. Date: 5 October 2014. Source: : This image is Image Number 465236 at Mushroom Observer, a source for mycological images. This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Commons:Licensing. English | español | français | italiano | македонски | മലയാളം | português | +/−. Author: Josh Kielsmeier-Cook (Josh KC).
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Summary[edit] Description: English: A fruit body of the ascomycete fungus Glutinoglossum glutinosum (Pers.) Hustad, A.N.Mill., Dentinger & P.F.Cannon (formerly Geoglossum glutinosum Pers.). Specimen photographed in Redwood Regional Park, Oakland, California, USA (37.809° -122.143°). Date: 23 March 2011. Source: : This image is Image Number 138160 at Mushroom Observer, a source for mycological images. This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Commons:Licensing. English | español | français | italiano | македонски | മലയാളം | português | +/−. Author: Alan Rockefeller.
Summary[edit] Description: Species: Microglossum viride Not a very common species and usually found growing from the ground but in this case it was found on well decayed wood. Common name: Yellow Earth Tongue Found: Native forest Substrate: Ground Spore: BrownHeight: 50 mm Width: 4 mm Season: Winter Edible: No. Date: 30 March 2014, 11:07. Source: Yellow Earth Tongue. Author: Bernard Spragg. NZ from Christchurch, New Zealand. Camera location42° 34′ 24.6″ S, 171° 28′ 29.21″ EView all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap-42.573499; 171.474781.
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Summary[edit] Description: English: The parasitic fungus Hypomyces papulasporae infecting Trichoglossum. Photographed in Parque de Monsanto, Lisboa, Portugal. "Notes: White frosted portions of earth tongues (tips) covered in conidiophores. Unfortunately, no chlamydospores were present. The earth tongues are infertile Trichoglossum sp., due to youth". Date: 20 December 2014. Source: : This image is Image Number 506150 at Mushroom Observer, a source for mycological images. This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Commons:Licensing. English | español | français | italiano | македонски | മലയാളം | português | +/−. Author: zaca.
I think it could be one of three species - Geoglossum cookeianum, G. glutinosum or G. umbratile. Unfortunately, I don't have descriptions of them all and I suspect I'd need to do a microscopic examination to tell for sure which it is. This was the first time my husband, Chris, and I have ever seen these things and we were treated to quite a showing. I can see why they are commonly known as Earth Tongues! This is just a small section of the large area of ground they covered.Photographed in the Blue Tier on the Goblin Forest track.
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2012-01-09_Microglossum_olivaceum_(Pers.)_Gillet_194616.jpg: This image was created by user zaca at Mushroom Observer, a source for mycological images.You can contact this user here. English | español | français | italiano | македонски | മലയാളം | português | +/−
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Summary[edit] Description: English: Green Clubs (Microglossom viride) Ferndale Park, Sydney NSW, Australia. Date: 23 May 2017, 14:43:56. Source: Own work. Author: Poyt448, Peter Woodard.
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