Months observed
Slimy earth tongue
Glutinoglossum glutinosum
An informal survey of the plant and animal life living in or visiting the grounds of Pointfield, Kelso since 2015
Fungi
Slender earthtongue with a smooth, slimy dark brown stem and club-shaped head. Slime dries and peels after collecting. Stem with outer layer of mucoid hairs. No setae. Spores narrow and slightly curved, up to 85 um in length and with up to 4 partitions; some filled with a series of small droplets. Asci with two or three spores abreast and with simple, rounded tip. Paraphyses with terminal rounded head.
Growing in mossy grass behind pergola.