Yellow earth tongue

''Spathularia flavida'', commonly known as the yellow earth tongue, the yellow fan, or the fairy fan, is an ascomycete fungus found in coniferous forests of Asia, Europe and North America. It produces a small, fan- or spoon-shaped fruit body with a flat, wavy or lobed cream to yellow colored "head" raised on a white to cream stalk. The height is usually approximately 2–5 cm , and up to 8 cm . The fungus fruits on the ground in mosses, forest duff or humus, and fruit bodies may occur singly,.. more