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5 Records
Status
Found scattered in groups or clusters. On ground, in moss, or on well-rotted wood.
Description
Fruiting body: Head: yellow to orange; spoon to tongue-shaped; may be compressed at center or longitudinally; covered with short white hairs. Stalk: Yellow to dull orange; scaly/gradular; channel may be present along length (J. Solem, pers. comm.).
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Microglossum rufum (upper portion of fruiting body) in Howard Co., Maryland (6/21/2019).
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Bonnie Ott.
Orange Earth Tongue (group of fruiting bodies) in Howard Co., Maryland (6/21/2019).
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Sabrina Purtee.
Orange Earth Tongue fruiting bodies in Howard Co., Maryland (7/1/2015).
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Robert Solem.
Orange Earth Tongue spores collected in Howard Co., Maryland (7/1/2015). Sausage-shaped, smooth, hyaline; measured 33.0-39.4 X 3.9-4.5 microns.
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Robert Solem.
Ascus and spore collected from an Orange Earth Tongue specimen in Howard Co., Maryland (6/21/2019). Ascus (smooth, hyaline; measured ~91 x 8.5 microns) plus spore (cylindrical, smooth, hyaline; 27.6 x 5.3 microns).
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Robert Solem.