Earth Tongues

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.

Asci from the black 'Earth tongues'.

Summary[edit] DescriptionAPI English: Paraphyses of Geoglossum cookeanum. 800X total magnification. Date 18 April 2013, 14:54:06 Source Own work Author Geoglossum

Microglossum viride (Schrad.) Gillet

DescriptionAPI Scientific Name: Trichoglossum hirsutum Common Name: Velvety Earth Tongue Certainty: pretty sure (notes) Location: Southern Appalachians; Smokies; CabinCove Wicked spores, at 400x. Marks are 2.5 µm. Note they are multiply-septate. Date 19 July 2006 Source Flickr: Velvety Earth Tongue Author Jason Hollinger Permission (Reusing this file) This image, which was originally posted to Flickr, was uploaded to Commons using Flickr upload bot on 1 August 2011, 06:02 by Natr. On that date, it was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the license indicated. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license. You are free: to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work to remix – to adapt the work Under the following conditions: attribution – You must attribute the work in the manner specified by the author or licensor (but not in any way that suggests that they endorse you or your use of the work). http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 CC BY 2.0 Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 truetrue

Summary[edit] DescriptionAPI The making of this document was supported by the Community-Budget of Wikimedia Germany. To see other files made with the support of Wikimedia Germany, please see the category Supported by Wikimedia Deutschland. Deutsch | English | français | magyar | മലയാളം | Nederlands | português | українська | +/− Date 4 October 2009, 15:21:40 Source Bilderspende von Thomas Pruß in Kooperation mit dem WikiProjekt Pilze und dem Förderprogramm Bilderschatz Author Thomas Pruß

Trichoglossum Boud. Image location: Assam, India Recognized by sight: microscopy needed—see comments obs 143712 For more information about this, see the observation page at Mushroom Observer.

Longitude (deg): -1.2. Latitude (deg): 51.3. Longitude (deg/min): 1° 20' W. Latitude (deg/min): 51° 20' N. Vice county name: Berks. Vice county no.: 22. Country: England. Stage: Fruitbody. Identified by: Malcolm Storey. Category: microscope photograph. Photographic equipment used: Pixera Pro tethered low-resolution digital camera with Vickers Microscope with microscope eye-piece.

Longitude (deg): -2.3. Latitude (deg): 54.1. Longitude (deg/min): 2° 20' W. Latitude (deg/min): 54° 10' N. Vice county name: Mid-west Yorks. Vice county no.: 64. Country: England. Stage: Fruitbody. Identified by: Malcolm Storey. Category: standard photograph or close-up. Photographic equipment used: "35mm transparencies (on a variety of films, but Agfa CT18 in the 1960's to early 1980's followed by Fujichrome in the late 1980's.) Transparencies scanned with Minolta Dimage Scan Dual II AF-2820U transparency scanner.".

Longitude (deg): -1.9. Latitude (deg): 50.6. Longitude (deg/min): 1° 60' W. Latitude (deg/min): 50° 40' N. Vice county name: Dorset. Vice county no.: 9. Country: England. Stage: Fruitbody. Identified by: Malcolm Storey. Comment: at side of path through sand dunes. Category: standard photograph or close-up. Where photo was taken: In situ. Photographic equipment used: Canon EOS600D dSLR with Tamron SP AF Di 90mm Macro 1:1 lens.

Longitude (deg): -1.9. Latitude (deg): 50.8. Longitude (deg/min): 1° 60' W. Latitude (deg/min): 50° 50' N. Vice county name: Dorset. Vice county no.: 9. Country: England. Stage: Fruitbody. Identified by: Malcolm Storey. Comment: "Troop of sticky fruitbodies, in acid, mossy lawn". Category: standard photograph or close-up. Background: silver background. Where photo was taken: Studio photograph. Photographic equipment used: Canon EOS400D dSLR with Tamron SP AF Di 90mm Macro 1:1 lens.

Longitude (deg): -1.2. Latitude (deg): 51.3. Longitude (deg/min): 1° 20' W. Latitude (deg/min): 51° 20' N. Vice county name: Berks. Vice county no.: 22. Country: England. Stage: Fruitbody. Identified by: Malcolm Storey. Comment: in short grassland. Other taxa shown: Early infection of Hypomyces papulasporae. Category: standard photograph or close-up. Photographic equipment used: Nikon Coolpix 950.

Longitude (deg): -1.6. Latitude (deg): 51.1. Longitude (deg/min): 1° 40' W. Latitude (deg/min): 51° 10' N. Vice county name: South Wilts. Vice county no.: 8. Country: England. Stage: Fruitbody. Identified by: Malcolm Storey. Comment: numerous clusters of fruitbodies over several meters of unimproved grassland. Category: standard photograph or close-up. Where photo was taken: In situ. Photographic equipment used: Canon EOS600D dSLR with Tamron SP AF Di 90mm Macro 1:1 lens.

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.

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.

Summary[edit] DescriptionAPI English: In situ photograph of Geoglossum cookeanum. Date 9 January 2012 Source This image is Image Number 194599 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 for more information. Author This image was created by user zaca at Mushroom Observer, a source for mycological images. You can contact this user here.

Summary[edit] DescriptionAPI English: Paraphyses of Geoglossum cookeanum. 800X total magnification. Date 18 April 2013, 14:54:06 Source Own work Author Geoglossum

Summary[edit] DescriptionAPI Microglossum viride (Schrad.) Gillet Date 18 June 2012 Source This image is Image Number 228863 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 for more information. Author This image was created by user Linas Kudzma (baravykas) at Mushroom Observer, a source for mycological images. You can contact this user here.

DescriptionAPI Scientific Name: Trichoglossum hirsutum Common Name: Velvety Earth Tongue Certainty: pretty sure (notes) Location: Southern Appalachians; Smokies; CabinCove Date 19 July 2006 Source Flickr: Velvety Earth Tongue Author Jason Hollinger Permission (Reusing this file) This image, which was originally posted to Flickr, was uploaded to Commons using Flickr upload bot on 1 August 2011, 01:33 by Natr. On that date, it was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the license indicated. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license. You are free: to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work to remix – to adapt the work Under the following conditions: attribution – You must attribute the work in the manner specified by the author or licensor (but not in any way that suggests that they endorse you or your use of the work). http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 CC BY 2.0 Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 truetrue

Summary[edit] DescriptionAPI The making of this document was supported by the Community-Budget of Wikimedia Germany. To see other files made with the support of Wikimedia Germany, please see the category Supported by Wikimedia Deutschland. Deutsch | English | français | magyar | മലയാളം | Nederlands | português | українська | +/− Date 4 October 2009, 15:15:24 Source Bilderspende von Thomas Pruß in Kooperation mit dem WikiProjekt Pilze und dem Förderprogramm Bilderschatz Author Thomas Pruß

Longitude (deg): -1.2. Latitude (deg): 51.3. Longitude (deg/min): 1° 20' W. Latitude (deg/min): 51° 20' N. Vice county name: Berks. Vice county no.: 22. Country: England. Stage: Fruitbody. Identified by: Malcolm Storey. Category: microscope photograph. Photographic equipment used: Pixera Pro tethered low-resolution digital camera with Vickers Microscope with microscope eye-piece.

Longitude (deg): -1.2. Latitude (deg): 51.3. Longitude (deg/min): 1° 20' W. Latitude (deg/min): 51° 20' N. Vice county name: Berks. Vice county no.: 22. Country: England. Stage: Fruitbody. Identified by: Christine Storey. Comment: well defined colony in short grass. Category: macro-photograph. Real world width(mm): 9.144. Background: dark background. Photographic equipment used: Specimens directly scanned on Black Widow 9630 SP flatbed scanner.

Longitude (deg): -1.9. Latitude (deg): 50.6. Longitude (deg/min): 1° 60' W. Latitude (deg/min): 50° 40' N. Vice county name: Dorset. Vice county no.: 9. Country: England. Stage: Fruitbody. Identified by: Malcolm Storey. Comment: at side of path through sand dunes. Category: standard photograph or close-up. Where photo was taken: In situ. Photographic equipment used: Canon EOS600D dSLR with Tamron SP AF Di 90mm Macro 1:1 lens.