Phylum: Ascomycota Class: Geoglossomycetes
Order: Geoglossales Family: Geoglossaceae
Species: Geoglossum umbratile Sacc.
Synonyms: Tafod y Ddaear Plaen
Common Name: Plain Earthtongue


Noted by not producing immature hyaline spores, having spores that are consistently 7 septate, having long often curled tips to the paraphyses which are not covered in gunk.
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Geoglossum umbratilePhotographer: © Roy Anderson
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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Poaceae (2)
Bryophyta (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Calcareous grassland: unimproved (2)
Acid grassland: semi-improved (1)
Bog: raised (1)
Calcareous grassland (1)
Grassland and marsh (1)
Heathland: wet dwarf shrub heath, upland (1)
Neutral grassland: semi-improved (1)
Park lawns (1)
Woodland: mixed, semi-natural (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Soil (11)
Soil Grassy (1)
Soil Mossy (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
March (1)
September (2)
October (17)
November (24)