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Geoglossum atropurpureumPhoto: Roy AndersontBack to the BAP list |
DescriptionGeneral: Dark purple earth tongues growing singly or in small clusters on soil in acid grasslands.Dimensions: 6-9cm tall x 0.5-1.2cm dia. Fruit Body: Blackish-purple when wet to almost black when dry; irregularly furrowed and compressed in the upper part arising from a more cylindrical stem with a finely scaly surface; flesh: concolorous, fragile. Asci: 100-120 x 10-12 µm. |
Spores: (8) Brown, vermiform with rounded ends, smooth, 20-35 x 5-6 µm . Paraphyses slender with swollen tips firmly agglutinated with purplish brown matter. Odour: Not distinctive. Taste: Not distinctive. Chemical Tests: None. Occurrence: Autumn to early Winter. |
| Qualifying criterion: 1: internationally threatened species |
| Justification: threatened in over 50 of countries within its European range |
| Threats: changes in agricultural practice, afforestation, neglect of grassland habitats |
| Action Required: taxonomic research into grassland ecology, monitoring, site management |
Statistics:UK (excluding NI & CI) fungus records update
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Total records: 206 |
| Earliest recording: 1859 | |
| Latest recording: 2007 | |
| Vice Counties and (frequency): 2(1); 5(1); 9(10); 20(1); 22(1); 32(1); 35(4); 40(3); 41(4); 43(6); 45(2); 46(2); 47(1); 49(3); 50(2); 51(2); 57(1); 60(9); 64(2); 72(2); 75(8); 88(1); 89(1); 92(11); 93(10); 95(6); 96(3); 97(5); 100(4); 103(3); 104(15); 105(4); 108(3); 110(3); 111(5) | |
| Pre-1960: 52 records | |
| NBN Gateway grid map | Post-1960: 154 records |