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Trichoglossum
Sign in to saveTrichoglossum is a genus of fungi in the family Geoglossaceae. They are commonly called hairy earth tongues. The type species is Trichoglossum hirsutum.
Species
Hairy Earthtongue
GENUS
- KingdomFungi
- PhylumAscomycota
- ClassGeoglossomycetes
- OrderGeoglossales
- FamilyGeoglossaceae
Observations1,092
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 154
- With media
- 69
- Family
- Geoglossaceae
- Collections
- FH, FLAS, WTU, DUKE, CUP, UFAC
- Recorded in
- United States, Chile, Brasil, French Guiana, Australia, Brazil, Ecuador
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Geoglossaceae
- Image
- Trichoglossum hirsutum.alan.jpg
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- taxon name
- Trichoglossum
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Trichoglossum
- Commons category
- Trichoglossum
- taxonomic type
- Trichoglossum hirsutum
- taxon author citation
- Boud.
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Trichoglossum is a genus of fungi in the family Geoglossaceae. They are commonly called hairy earth tongues. The type species is Trichoglossum hirsutum.
Members of the genus Trichoglossum have tiny hairs known as setae on the spore bearing surface. The related genus Geoglossum lacks hairs on the spore bearing surface.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Trichoglossum” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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