Geoglossaceae

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Geoglossaceae
Geoglossum glutinosum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Subdivision:
Class:
Geoglossomycetes

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Order:
Geoglossales

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Family:
Geoglossaceae

Corda (1838)
Type genus
Geoglossum
Pers.
(1794)
Genera

Geoglossaceae is a

ascospores are typically light-brown to dark-brown and are often multiseptate. Other species of fungi have been known to parasitize ascocarps.[1][2] The use of a compound microscope is needed for accurate identification.[3]

Systematics

phylogeny of Geoglossomycetes based on a four-gene dataset.[4]

The fungi that are now included in the fungal class Geoglossomycetes were previously considered by mycologists to be a family (Geoglossaceae) within the class

Geoglossum glutinosum, and a new European species, G. heptaseptatum.[4]

Several species in the genus Neolecta have similar morphology and are also known by the common name of "earth tongues", but they are members of the quite distantly related Taphrinomycotina, an entirely different subdivision of the Ascomycota.

Habitat

Earth tongues are commonly found in soil or among rotting vegetation.[11] In North America, they are commonly found in coniferous woodland, broad-leaved woodland and mixed woodland habitats,[12] whereas in Europe they are commonly found in grassland habitats[11][13] and are major components of the endangered waxcap grassland habitat.

References

  1. ^ Seeler EV. (1943). "Several Fungicolous Fungi". Farlowia: 119–133.
  2. ^ Rossman AY, Samuels GJ, Rogerson CT, Lowen R (1999). "Genera of Bionectriaceae, Hypocreaceae, and Nectriaceae (Hypocreales, Ascomycetes)". Studies in Mycology. 42: 186.
  3. ^ "Family: Geoglossaceae." The Hidden Forest. 26 Aug. 2009 <http://www.hiddenforest.co.nz/fungi/family/geoglossaceae/geoglossaceae.htm>.
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  6. ^ Pfister D, Kimbrough JW (2000). "Discomycetes". In Mclaughlin DJ, McLaughlin EG, Lemke PA (eds.). The Mycota VII Part A. Systematics and Evolution. Berlin: Springer. pp. 257–81.
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  11. ^ a b L. Watson & M. J. Dallwitz (2009-06-20). "The Families of Mushrooms and Toadstools Represented in the British Isles". Archived from the original on 2010-11-27.
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  13. ^ Nannfeldt JA. (1942). "The Geoglossaceae of Sweden". Arkiv för Botanik. 30A: 1–67.
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