Phylum: Ascomycota Class: Ascomycetes
Order: Helotiales Family: Geoglossaceae
Species: Trichoglossum hirsutum (Pers.) Boud.
Synonyms: Geoglossum hirsutum
Common Name: Hairy Earthtongue
Provisional European Red List: C - Scattered Populations, some extinctions.
Swedish Indicator List: Woodland Indicator Species
A grassland indicator species
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Trichoglossum hirsutumPhotographer: © Mark Wright
Photographer: © Mark Wright

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Fagus sylvatica (1)
Poa (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Acid grassland (10)
Neutral grassland: semi-improved (8)
Calcareous grassland (6)
Small parks and city squares (6)
Woodland: mixed, semi-natural (6)
Sand-dune (5)
Calcareous grassland: semi-improved (4)
Calcareous grassland: unimproved (3)
Grey dunes (3)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (3)
Acid grassland: semi-improved (2)
Built-up areas (2)
Coastland: grey dunes (2)
Neutral grassland (2)
Park lawns (2)
Woodland: broadleaved (2)
Woodland: mixed (2)
Acid grassland: unimproved (1)
Cynosurus cristatus-Centaurea nigra grassland (1)
Grassland: acidic, upland (1)
Grassland: calcareous, lowland (1)
Machair (1)
Marginal/inundation: marginal (1)
Maritime cliff and slope: coastal grassland (1)
Marsh/marshy grassland (1)
Ornamental gardens (1)
Poor semi-improved (1)
Road networks (1)
Sand-dune: dune grassland (1)
Sand-dune: dune slack (1)
Sand-dune: open dune (1)
Sesleria albicans-Galium sterneri grassland (1)
Woodland (1)
Woodland: coniferous, plantation (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Branch (1)
Cupule (1)
Decorticated Wood (1)
Fallen Leaf (1)
Mossy rock (1)
Sand (1)
Soil (1)
Soil Grassy (1)
Soil Leaves (1)
Soil Mossy (1)
Stump (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
January (2)
September (3)
October (61)
November (53)
December (4)