Belongs within: Ascomycota. The Geoglossaceae, earth tongues, are a group of fungi saprobic on soil or rotting vegetation (Kirk et al. 2001). Characters (Kirk et al. 2001): Stromata absent. Ascomata clavate, spathulate or strongly stipitate, hymenium usually not clearly separable from stalk, usually dark. Interascal tissue of paraphyses, often strongly pigmented, often with complex branching and swollen apices; hymenium sometimes setose.… Continue reading Geoglossaceae