Microglossum

Microglossum is a genus of fungi in the family Leotiaceae. Ascocarps (fruit bodies) occur in soil and resemble earth tongues, but are microscopically distinct. Microglossum atropurpureum, a species typical of waxcap grassland in Europe, is of global conservation concern and is listed as "vulnerable" on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.^[1]

Microglossum
Microglossum olivaceum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Leotiomycetes
Order:	Leotiales
Family:	Leotiaceae
Genus:	Microglossum Gillet (1879)
Type species
Microglossum viride (Schrad. ex J.F. Gmel.) Gillet (1879)
Synonyms
Geoglossum subgen. Leptoglossum Cooke (1879) Helote Hazsl. (1881) Leptoglossum (Cooke) Sacc. (1884) Leptoglossum sect. Xanthoglossum Sacc. (1889) Xanthoglossum (Sacc.) Kuntze (1891) Ochroglossum S.Imai (1955)

Species

• Microglossum atropurpureum
• Microglossum atrovirens
• Microglossum azeurum^[2]
• Microglossum capitatum
• Microglossum cinnamomeum
• Microglossum clavatum
• Microglossum contortum
• Microglossum fechtneri
• Microglossum fumosum
• Microglossum griseoviride^[3]
• Microglossum jaczewskii
• Microglossum longisporum
• Microglossum nudipes
• Microglossum obscurum
• Microglossum olivaceisquamulosum
• Microglossum olivaceum
• Microglossum partitium
• Microglossum parvisporum
• Microglossum pratense
• Microglossum rickii
• Microglossum rufescens
• Microglossum rufum
• Microglossum tenebrosum
• Microglossum tetrasporum
• Microglossum truncatum
• Microglossum viride