Definition of Genus Geoglossum

1. Noun. Type genus of the Geoglossaceae comprising the earthtongues.

Exact synonyms: Geoglossum
Generic synonyms: Fungus Genus
Group relationships: Family Geoglossaceae, Geoglossaceae
Member holonyms: Earth-tongue, Earthtongue

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Geoglossum

genus Geastrum
genus Gelechia
genus Gelsemium
genus Gempylus
genus Genetta
genus Genipa
genus Genista
genus Genlisea
genus Gentiana
genus Gentianella
genus Gentianopsis
genus Genyonemus
genus Geochelone
genus Geococcyx
genus Geoffroea
genus Geoglossum (current term)
genus Geomys
genus Geophilus
genus Geothlypis
genus Geranium
genus Gerardia
genus Gerbera
genus Gerbillus
genus Gerea
genus Gerres
genus Gerrhonotus
genus Gerris
genus Gesneria
genus Geum
genus Giardia

Literary usage of Genus Geoglossum

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Mushroom Book: A Popular Guide to the Identification and Study of Our by Nina Lovering Marshall (1904)
"... the margin crisped, growing down the stem some distance on opposite sides ; hollow. Flesh—Dry. genus Geoglossum The genus Geoglossum has the spore body ..."

2. British Fungus-flora: A Classified Text-book of Mycology by George. Massee (1895)
"This breaking up of the old genus Geoglossum into two genera was not only justified by the colour of the spores, but also by their arrangement in the ascus. ..."

3. The Monthly Microscopical Journal: Transactions of the Royal Microscopical by Royal Microscopical Society (Great Britain) (1873)
"The character of the genus Geoglossum is that the receptacle or fruit-bearing part is club-shaped, and that the hymenium surrounds the club. ..."

4. The Natural History of Plants: Their Forms, Growth, Reproduction, and by Anton Kerner von Marilaun (1902)
"... allied is the genus Geoglossum, possessing club-shaped receptacles, black in colour, and covered with asci. G. difforme, 2-4 inches high, ..."

5. Scottish Cryptogamic Flora, Or, Coloured Figures and Descriptions of by Robert Kaye Greville (1825)
"... is separated from the genus Geoglossum, chiefly on account of the difference in the form of the ..."

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