14/Sep/23, 3:37 PM
Raudoja, Harju County
Mixed forest, deep in damp moss
59°23'10.738"N 25°24'0.806"E
🔆 Still sunny weather with clouds, shade
Original Instagram postTolypocladium ophioglossoides
Snaketongue Truffleclub
- Scientific identification
- Tolypocladium ophioglossoides (J.F.Gmel.) C.A.Quandt, Kepler & Spatafora
- Family
- Ophiocordycipitaceae
- Class
- Sordariomycetes
- Genus
- Tolypocladium
Names across languages
- English: Snaketongue Truffleclub
- German: Zungen-Kernkeule
- Estonian: Hirvepähkli-kedristõlvik
- Russian: Кордицепс офиоглоссовидный
The scientific profile
From the latest record: 2023-09-14.
Cap
N/A
Hymenium
N/A
Hymenium attachment
N/A
Stipe
Elongated, club-shaped structure (stroma) which is dark brown to black, emerging from the parasitized host fungus.
Spore Print
N/A
Ecology
Parasitic on truffle-like fungi, especially species of Elaphomyces.
Odour
Not distinct
Edibility
Not edible.
Fruit body
Up to 6 cm tall.
Microscopy
Spores are ellipsoid and smooth, 3-4 µm x 1.5-2 µm.
Overview
Recognized by its parasitic growth on underground fungi and its club-shaped, above-ground stroma.
2014). In Quandt, Kepler, Gams, Araújo, Ban, Evans, Hughes, Humber, Hywel-Jones, Li, Luangsa-Ard, Rehner, Sanjuan, Sato, Shrestha, Sung, Yao, Zare & Spatafora, IMA Fungus 5(1): 127.
Field encounters
Source hashtags
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