7 November 2023 Marwell Zoo, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Fruiting Body Spear shaped, with a distinct flattened head, and a tubular stem that is covered in short hairs which are visible with a hand loupe, dark brown to black, to about 80 mm high Flesh Black, brittle Smell Indistinct Taste Indistinct Season Late summer to autumn Distribution Infrequent Habitat With grass or moss on acid soil Microscopic Features Spores long and thin, rod-like, 13 to 15 septa (100-150) x (6-7) µm2 Edibility Inedible Notes Although resembling earth tongues in the Geoglossum genus, T. hirsutum is distinguished by the hairy stem. 
Spores in Congo Red solution viewed with a 40X objective. 7 November 2023 Marwell Zoo, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
4 November 2021 Brookwood Cemetery, Surrey. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Spores in Melzer's solution viewed with a 40X objective. 4 November 2021 Brookwood Cemetery, Surrey. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
An ascus in Melzer's solution viewed with a x40 objective. 4 November 2021 Brookwood Cemetery, Surrey. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
November 2004 Milford Common, Surrey. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |