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Green Earthtongue

Microglossum viride

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 30, February 22, March 35, April 55, May 79, June 86, July 92, August 79, September 58, October 43, November 24, December 19.
United States763
Alaska623
California68
Canada35
New York25
Ontario17
Quebec10
Pennsylvania9
West Virginia8
Ohio6

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

  • Human edibleListed as edible by a harvested source. This is a research trait, not foraging advice.FungiTastic metadata

Edibility, toxicity and medicinal traits are records from datasets, not advice. Never eat, handle or use a wild species on the strength of an app.

Classification

KingdomFungi Including Lichens · Fungi
PhylumAscomycete Fungi · Ascomycota
ClassLeotiomycetes
OrderLeotiales
FamilyLeotiaceae
GenusMicroglossum

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Green Earthtongue with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.