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Microglossum viride

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Microglossum viride
Microglossum viride
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Leotiomycetes
Order: Leotiales
Family: Leotiaceae
Genus: Microglossum
Species:
M. viride
Binomial name
Microglossum viride
(Pers.) Gillet 1879

Microglossum viride is a species of fungus in the family Leotiaceae. They are commonly called green earth tongues.

Etymology

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The word Microglossum comes from the Greek words mikrós + glōssa, and literally means "small tongue". The species epithet, viride, comes from the Latin viridis for "green."

History

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Microglossum viride was described by Christiaan Hendrik Persoon in 1797 as Geoglossum viride. In 1879 it was moved into the genus Microglossum.

Similar species

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Collections of green Microglossum with scaly stipe had been commonly called M. viride. In 2014 morphological and molecular data revealed another taxon hidden under this name that was segregated and described as new, i.e. Microglossum griseoviride (its epithet meaning "grey-green"). Aside of microscopic characters like spore size, they are distinct also macroscopically – true M. viride has yellow to olive colour and prefers wet habitats (e.g. on wet ground around brooks, often among hepatics) whereas M. griseoviride has colder colours, greyish green to bluegreen and grows far from water in litter from broad-leaved trees.[1] There is also a group of green to bluegreen species around Microglossum nudipes that have stipe without scales and can be usually found on grasslands and pastures. As of 2018, ongoing research of their diversity resulted in five new species being recently described from Europe.[2][3]

Location

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Microglossum viride species are found in woodlands in North America, Australia and Europe.

Microglossum viride

References

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Microglossum viride
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Smooth hymenium
No distinct cap
Hymenium attachment is irregular or not applicable
Stipe is bare
Ecology is saprotrophic
  1. ^ Kučera, Viktor; Lizoň, Pavel; Tomšovský, Michal; Kučera, Jaromír; Gaisler, Jan (2014). "Re-evaluation of the morphological variability of Microglossum viride and M. griseoviride sp. nov". Mycologia. 106 (2): 282–290. doi:10.3852/106.2.282. ISSN 0027-5514. PMID 24782496. S2CID 20962118.
  2. ^ Kučera, Viktor; Tomšovský, Michal; Lizoň, Pavel (2014). "A new green earth-tongue Microglossum parvisporum, sp. nov., from Slovakia". Sydowia. 66: 335–343.
  3. ^ Kučera, Viktor; Lizoň, Pavel; Tomšovský, Michal (2017-01-02). "Taxonomic divergence of the green naked-stipe members of the genus Microglossum (Helotiales)". Mycologia. 109 (1): 46–54. doi:10.1080/00275514.2016.1274620. ISSN 0027-5514. PMID 28402783. S2CID 28414804.
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  • Microglossum viride at Mushroom Observer - [1]
  • Microglossum viride Distribution Map - [2]
  • Index Fungorum Microglossum viride record - [3]
  • California Fungi - Microglossum viride - [4]
  • Key to Club Fungi in the PNW - [5]