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Black Earth Tongue

Geoglossum cookeianum

Photo by JC_Forester
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Field Notes

Description:

Fruit body 3–7cm high, 0.5–1cm wide, black, smooth, flattened club-shaped tapering into the narrower stalk.

Reference Links:

Rogers Mushrooms - Geoglossum cookeianum Mushroom

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (1)
Parker V
Needs microscopy - see "North American Species of Geoglossum and Trichoglossum"

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Mushroom Mapping
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Fruiting Bodies of the World
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Fungus in America
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Mushrooms of Appalachia
Photographed
PublishedJuly 21, 2013

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