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Microglossum

Microglossum is a genus of fungi in the family Leotiaceae. Ascocarps occur in soil and resemble earth tongues, but are microscopically distinct. Microglossum atropurpureum, a species typical of waxcap grassland in Europe, is of global conservation concern and is listed as "vulnerable" on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

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Microglossum
Microglossum olivaceum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Leotiomycetes
Order: Leotiales
Family: Leotiaceae
Genus: Microglossum
Gillet (1879)
Type species
Microglossum viride
(Schrad. ex J.F. Gmel.) Gillet (1879)
Synonyms
  • Geoglossum subgen. Leptoglossum Cooke (1879)
  • Helote Hazsl. (1881)
  • Leptoglossum (Cooke) Sacc. (1884)
  • Leptoglossum sect. Xanthoglossum Sacc. (1889)
  • Xanthoglossum (Sacc.) Kuntze (1891)
  • Ochroglossum S.Imai (1955)

Microglossum is a genus of fungi in the family Leotiaceae. Ascocarps (fruit bodies) occur in soil and resemble earth tongues, but are microscopically distinct. Microglossum atropurpureum, a species typical of waxcap grassland in Europe, is of global conservation concern and is listed as "vulnerable" on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.1

Species

Species Fungorum includes the following accepted species:

  1. Microglossum atrovirens (Kunze & J.C. Schmidt) Gillet 1879
  2. Microglossum azureum Funez, Alves-Silva & Drechsler-Santos 20242
  3. Microglossum capitatum F.L. Tai 1944
  4. Microglossum clavatum V. Kučera, Lizoň & Tomšovský 2017
  5. Microglossum contortum Peck 1898
  6. Microglossum cyanobasis P. Iglesias & Arauzo 2013
  7. Microglossum fechtneri Velen. 1934
  8. Microglossum flavoviride Sánchez-Flor., García-Jiménez & Raymundo 2023
  9. Microglossum fumosum (Peck) E.J. Durand 1908
  10. Microglossum griseoviride V. Kučera, Lizoň & Tomšovský 20143
  11. Microglossum jaczewskii Naumov 1964
  12. Microglossum longisporum E.J. Durand 1908
  13. Microglossum lutescens Boud. 1896
  14. Microglossum macrosporum Ekanayaka & K.D. Hyde 2019
  15. Microglossum minus Velen. 1934
  16. Microglossum nudipes Boud. 1917
  17. Microglossum obscurum Peck 1899
  18. Microglossum olivaceisquamulosum Grund & K.A. Harrison 1967
  19. Microglossum olivaceum (Pers.) Gillet 1879
  20. Microglossum partitum Pat. 1890
  21. Microglossum parvisporum V. Kučera, Lizoň & Tomšovský 20143
  22. Microglossum popovkinii Funez, Alves-Silva & Drechsler-Santos 2024
  23. Microglossum pratense V. Kučera, Tomšovský & Lizoň 2017
  24. Microglossum rickii S. Imai 1942
  25. Microglossum rufum (Schwein.) Underw. 1896
  26. Microglossum sourellae Funez, Alves-Silva & Drechsler-Santos 2024
  27. Microglossum tenebrosum V. Kučera, Tomšovský, Lizoň & F. Hampe 2017
  28. Microglossum tetrasporum F.L. Tai 1944
  29. Microglossum truncatum V. Kučera, Tomšovský & Lizoň 2017
  30. Microglossum viride (Schrad. ex J.F. Gmel.) Gillet 1879

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References

References

  1. "Dark-purple Earthtongue Microglossum atropurpureum: The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". Retrieved 2022-12-01.
  2. "New species of Microglossum (Leotiales: Leotiomycetes) from Brazil". Retrieved 2024-05-13.
  3. Kučera V; Lizoň P; Tomšovský M; Kučera J; Gaisler J. (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. PMID 24782496. S2CID 20962118.
  4. Species Fungorum: Microglossum atropurpureum (Batsch) P. Karst.
External links

Microglossum in Index Fungorum.