Phylum: Ascomycota	Class: Geoglossomycetes
Order: Geoglossales	Family: Geoglossaceae
Species: Trichoglossum hirsutum (Pers.) Boud.

Synonyms:

Tafod y Ddaear Blewog

Common Name:

Hairy Earthtongue

A grassland indicator species

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Photographer: © Mark Wright

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records: Poaceae (3) Poa (2) Carex (2) Fagus sylvatica (1)

Habitat (where recorded) & number of records: Calcareous grassland: unimproved (10) Neutral grassland: semi-improved (8) Woodland: mixed, semi-natural (6) Calcareous grassland (5) Grassland and marsh (4) Woodland: mixed (3) Woodland (2) Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (2) Acid grassland (1) Acid grassland: semi-improved (1) Acid grassland: unimproved (1) Built-up areas (1) Cynosurus cristatus-Centaurea nigra grassland (1) Grassland: calcareous, lowland (1) Marginal/inundation: marginal (1) Maritime cliff and slope: coastal grassland (1) Marsh/marshy grassland (1) Neutral grassland (1) Park lawns (1) Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (1) Poor semi-improved (1) Sand-dune: dune grassland (1) Sesleria albicans-Galium sterneri grassland (1) Small parks and city squares (1) Woodland: broadleaved (1) Woodland: coniferous, plantation (1)

Substrate (where recorded) & number of records: Soil (38) Soil Grassy (10) Soil Leaves (3) Wood (2) Cupule (1) Decorticated Wood (1) Fallen Leaf (1) Mossy rock (1) Sand (1) Soil Mossy (1) Stump (1)

Months recorded in & number of records: January (1) March (1) September (6) October (43) November (73) December (4)