Phylum: Ascomycota	Class: Geoglossomycetes
Order: Geoglossales	Family: Geoglossaceae
Species: Geoglossum fallax E.J. Durand

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Swedish Indicator List: Woodland Indicator Species

A grassland indicator species

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records: Bryopsida (5) Carex (4) Bryophyta (2) Poaceae (2) Ulex europaeus (1) Quercus (1) Hypomyces papulasporae (1) Poa (1)

Habitat (where recorded) & number of records: Neutral grassland: semi-improved (9) Calcareous grassland: unimproved (7) Acid grassland: semi-improved (5) Acid grassland (4) Grassland: acidic, upland (4) Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (4) Grassland and marsh (3) Built up area, domestic (2) Calcareous grassland (2) Coastland: grey dunes (2) Festuca ovina-Agrostis capillaris-Galium saxatile grassland (2) Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (2) Sand-dune: dune grassland (2) Woodland (2) Woodland: mixed (2) Woodland: mixed, semi-natural (2) Acid grassland: unimproved (1) Bog (1) Boundaries: wall (1) Built-up areas (1) Cultivated/disturbed land: amenity grassland (1) Cynosurus cristatus-Centaurea nigra grassland (1) Grassland: acidic, semi-improved, upland (1) Grassland: calcareous, semi-improved, upland (1) Grassland: neutral, unimproved, lowland (1) Heathland: wet heath/acid grassland mosaic, upland (1) Maritime cliff and slope: coastal grassland (1) Marsh/marshy grassland (1) Neutral grassland: unimproved (1) Sand-dune: dune heath (1) Sesleria albicans-Galium sterneri grassland (1) Wet heath/acid grassland (1) Woodland: broadleaved (1) Woodland: broadleaved, plantation (1)

Substrate (where recorded) & number of records: Soil Grassy (47) Soil (42) Soil Mossy (11) Moss (2) Grass (1) Mossy bole (1) Sand (1)

Months recorded in & number of records: January (7) August (1) September (3) October (77) November (97) December (9)