Trichoglossum hirsutum
(Pers.) Boud.
Description:
Common name: Earth Tongue
Found: Mixed Forest
Substrate: Ground, solitary or in small groups
Spore: Brown
Height: 70 mm
Width: 10 mm
Season: From late winter to early spring
Edible: No
Macro images:
Trichoglossum hirsutum
Scale bar
Scale= 10 mm.
 
Trichoglossum hirsutum
Scale bar
Scale= 9 mm.
 
Trichoglossum hirsutum
Scale bar
Scale= 10 mm.
 
Trichoglossum hirsutum
Scale bar
Scale= 10 mm.
The white frosting on the head and down the steam is probably a mould.
 
 
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