Fruiting body club-shaped;  fertile head, thick, flattened, sometimes grooved, brown to dark-brown, rarely black. Stipe round and coloured like the head and usually scaly.  Microscopic examination of spores is needed.

Other Earth-tongues and Xylaria spp.(Dead Man's Fingers, etc.)

microscope

Photograph in habitat; note substrate.  The specimen will need to be microscopically examined in order to identify this species; we recommend that is is verified by an expert, from a specimen, before submission to NatureSpot

Short grassland, including lawns; often in gardens, cemeteries, churchyards

Late autumn

Uncommon

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