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Hairy Earth Tongues
1 species
Boud. 1885. Black, club-shaped earth tongues whose fertile heads and stems bear microscopic dark setae, which separate them from Geoglossum. Kirk et al. (2008) recognize about 19 species.
Fruiting body: black, club-shaped with a flattened fertile head and a velvety stem. Microscopy: dark pointed setae; long, brown, multiseptate spores; species separated mainly by spore septation and asci.
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