Phylum: Ascomycota Class: Ascomycetes
Order: Helotiales Family: Geoglossaceae
Species: Geoglossum cookeanum Nannf.
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Common Name:
Swedish Indicator List: Woodland Indicator Species
A grassland indicator species
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Geoglossum cookeanumPhotographer: © Mark Wright
Photographer: © Mark Wright

Photographer: © Mark Wright
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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Poa (7)
Fagus sylvatica (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (7)
Neutral grassland: semi-improved (6)
Coastland: grey dunes (4)
Built up area, domestic (3)
Calcareous grassland: semi-improved (3)
Parkland and scattered trees (3)
Sand-dune: dune grassland (3)
Scrub (3)
Grassland: acidic, unimproved, lowland (2)
Grassland: acidic, upland (2)
Sand-dune (2)
Sand-dune: dune slack (2)
Small parks and city squares (2)
Acid grassland (1)
Calcareous grassland (1)
Sand-dune: open dune (1)
Woodland (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Soil (18)
Soil Grassy (16)
Soil Mossy (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
September (3)
October (26)
November (27)
December (7)