Phylum: Ascomycota Class: Ascomycetes
Order: Helotiales Family: Geoglossaceae
Species: Microglossum olivaceum (Pers.) Gillet
Synonyms: Geoglossum olivaceum
Microglossum fuscorubens
Common Name: Olive Earthtongue
UK Biodiversity Action Plan: UK Priority Species
Provisional British Red Data List: Vulnerable
Provisional European Red List: B - Steady decline, some national extinctions
Swedish Indicator List: Woodland Indicator Species
A grassland indicator species
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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Fraxinus excelsior (4)
Poa (2)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland (4)
Sand-dune: dune grassland (3)
Grassland: calcareous, semi-improved, upland (2)
Poor semi-improved (2)
Scrub (2)
Woodland: coniferous (2)
Acid grassland: unimproved (1)
Coastland: grey dunes (1)
Cynosurus cristatus-Centaurea nigra grassland (1)
Grassland: acidic, upland (1)
Neutral grassland: semi-improved (1)
Sand-dune (1)
Sand-dune: dune slack (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Soil (18)
Soil Grassy (10)
Soil Leaves (4)
Months recorded in & number of records:
September (4)
October (34)
November (16)