Phylum: Ascomycota Class: Ascomycetes
Order: Helotiales Family: Geoglossaceae
Species: Geoglossum fallax E.J. Durand
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Provisional European Red List: C - Scattered Populations, some extinctions.
Swedish Indicator List: Woodland Indicator Species
A grassland indicator species
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Geoglossum fallaxPhotographer: © Volker Fäßler
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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Poa (1)
Ulex europaeus (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Neutral grassland: semi-improved (10)
Acid grassland: semi-improved (5)
Acid grassland (4)
Grassland: acidic, upland (4)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (3)
Woodland: mixed (3)
Built up area, domestic (2)
Calcareous grassland: unimproved (2)
Coastland: grey dunes (2)
Festuca ovina-Agrostis capillaris-Galium saxatile grassland (2)
Sand-dune: dune grassland (2)
Woodland (2)
Woodland: broadleaved (2)
Bog (1)
Boundaries: wall (1)
Calcareous grassland: semi-improved (1)
Cynosurus cristatus-Centaurea nigra grassland (1)
Grassland: acidic, semi-improved, upland (1)
Grassland: calcareous, semi-improved, upland (1)
Grassland: neutral, unimproved, lowland (1)
Heathland: wet heath/acid grassland mosaic, upland (1)
Maritime cliff and slope: coastal grassland (1)
Neutral grassland: unimproved (1)
Sand-dune: dune heath (1)
Sesleria albicans-Galium sterneri grassland (1)
Small parks and city squares (1)
Woodland: broadleaved, plantation (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Soil Grassy (43)
Soil (29)
Soil Mossy (4)
Sand (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
January (2)
September (1)
October (47)
November (52)
December (9)