Microglossum viride

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Microglossum viride
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Microglossum viride
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Leotiomycetes
Order: Leotiales
Family: Leotiaceae
Genus: Microglossum
Species:
M. viride
Binomial name
Microglossum viride
(Pers.) Gillet 1879
Microglossum viride
Mycological characteristics
Smooth icon.pngSmooth hymenium
No cap icon.svgNo distinct cap
NA cap icon.svg Hymenium attachment is irregular or not applicable
Bare stipe icon.svg Stipe is bare
Saprotrophic fungus.svgEcology is saprotrophic

Microglossum viride is a species of fungus in the family Leotiaceae. It is commonly called green earth tongue. [1]

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Taxonomy

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

Etymology

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".

Description

It can grow up to 5.5 centimetres (2+1⁄4 in) tall. [1]

Similar species

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. [2] 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. [3] [4]

Distribution

Microglossum viride is found in woodlands in North America, [1] Australia, and Europe.

Uses

It is considered too small to be of culinary interest. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Arora, David (1986) [1979]. Mushrooms Demystified: A Comprehensive Guide to the Fleshy Fungi (2nd ed.). Berkeley, California: Ten Speed Press. p. 870. ISBN   978-0-89815-170-1.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ Kučera, Viktor; Tomšovský, Michal; Lizoň, Pavel (2014). "A new green earth-tongue Microglossum parvisporum, sp. nov., from Slovakia". Sydowia. 66: 335–343.
  4. ↑ 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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