Irregular Earth Tongue Neolecta irregularis (Peck) Korf & J.K. Rogers    
Kingdom Fungi   >   Phylum Ascomycota   >   Class Neolectomycetes   >   Order Neolectales   >   Family Neolectaceae   >   Genus Neolecta   

Status:

Found scattered in groups on the ground in conifer woods, often buried in needle duff (L. Biechele, pers. comm.).

Description:

Spores are elliptic, smooth, and slightly reniform (L. Biechele, pers. comm.).

There are 14 records in the project database.

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Irregular Earth Tongue in Howard Co., Maryland (11/21/2009). Photo by Richard Orr. (MBP list)

Irregular Earth Tongue in Howard Co., Maryland (12/15/2008). Photo by Robert Solem. (MBP list)

An Irregular Earth Tongue in Worcester Co., Maryland (11/25/2014). Photo by Lance Biechele. (MBP list)

Irregular Earth Tongue in Howard Co., Maryland (10/17/2011). (c) Joanne and Robert Solem, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Joanne Solem. (MBP list)

Spores collected from an Irregular Earth Tongue specimen in Worcester Co., Maryland (11/25/2014). Photo by Lance Biechele. (MBP list)


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