Trichoglossum hirsutum    (Pers.:Fr.) Boud. 

common name(s) : Hairy Earthtongue 

New classification: Ascomycota/Pezizomycotina/Leotiomycetes/Leotiomycetidae/Geoglossales/Geoglossaceae  
Former classification: Ascomycota/Hymenoascomycetes/Pezizomycetideae/Leotiales/Geoglossaceae  

synonyms: Trichoglossum hirsutum-hirsutum 
(unconfirmed synonyms: Trichoglossum hirsutum-capitatum, Trichoglossum capitatum, Geoglossum hirsutum)  

edibility : inedible

photo gallery of Trichoglossum hirsutum
photo gallery of Trichoglossum hirsutum potential confusions with Trichoglossum hirsutum toxicity of Trichoglossum hirsutum genus Trichoglossum  

The fruiting body is tongue-shaped, or resembling a spade or bellman, black.

The fertile surface is smooth.

It grows on the ground, in the grass, on a rather acid soil.

The fruiting period takes place from September to December.
Dimensions: width of fruiting body approximately 0.6 cm (between 0.3 and 0.8 cm)
  total height approximately 5 cm (between 2 and 8 cm)

Distinctive features : spade- or bellman-shaped, dark colour

Trichoglossum hirsutum is rare and confined in the forest of Rambouillet, and is infrequent, more generally speaking .
here should be the distribution map of Trichoglossum hirsutum in the forest of Rambouillet
Above : distribution map of Trichoglossum hirsutum in the forest of Rambouillet



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