Dark purple earth tongue  (Geoglossum atropurpureum)

Description

Earth tongues are highly distinctive fungi; the ridged and leathery fruiting body above the stem does indeed resemble a tongue. In this species, the head of the fungus is reddish-brown or purplish-black in colour, and it is not separated from the non-fertile stem (or ¿stipe¿) (2).

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