''Glutinoglossum exiguum'' is a species of
earth tongue fungus that was
described as new to science in 2015. It is found in Australia and New Zealand, where it grows on
moss
Mosses are small, non-vascular flowerless plants in the taxonomic division Bryophyta (, ) '' sensu stricto''. Bryophyta (''sensu lato'', Schimp. 1879) may also refer to the parent group bryophytes, which comprise liverworts, mosses, and hor ...
in
mixed deciduous forests. The
fruitbody is
morphologically similar to that of ''
Glutinoglossum australasicum'', which is usually somewhat larger, more abundant, and has slightly wider and longer
ascospore
An ascus (; ) is the sexual spore-bearing cell produced in ascomycete fungi. Each ascus usually contains eight ascospores (or octad), produced by meiosis followed, in most species, by a mitotic cell division. However, asci in some genera or s ...
s.
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Geoglossaceae
Fungi of Australia
Fungi of New Zealand
Fungi described in 2015
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