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Chlorociboria aeruginascens
Why the common name of green ...when they are such a gorgeous blue ....characteristic small,saucer-shaped fruit bodies and wood surrounding stained blue
fallen over old log
Spotted on Mar 22, 2015
Submitted on Mar 23, 2015
15 Comments
Ahhh not found them on sticks yet to do that ...more nice big HUGE logs ...and the surrounding area is all blue ..will keep it in mind :)
The staining would be inside so you need to snap the stick and look at the ends.
You can just see some staining , and there was blue stains along this rotting log ..but i more concentrated on the cups ....more photographic ......i have a spot to look soon ..which i visit each year , there will be really good evidence of it ...this was only a wee tiny newish little area.....more staining to come in time .
No wonder Gen comments on all of mine. :( Did you get any shots of blue stain inside the wood? I think C.aeruginosa does not stain the wood..?
Yes, Genevieve confirmed this one :) :) ....when she "likes" the photo your good to go , otherwise she comments so you know your wrong. :)
I like you need a permit here , so that way lots of fungi are left for everyone to enjoy looking at and photographing :)
Hi Charlie, I didn't know one needs a permit to take fungi back home or the lab to identify them! And.. Oh! So now I know! We have met on Facebook aswell :) (Tasmanian Fungi group) Have you posted this specimen aswell and did Genevieve say this was C. aeruginascens? Because here in the Netherlands we need to check this species microscopically before it is allowed into the database. Here we have two macroscopically indistinguishable species, which can only be identified by checking spore size (C. aeruguinosa (bigger spores) and C. aeruguinascens).
Hello Michel , absolutely not ! I do not own a microscope , and i do not have a permit which you need in Tasmania to remove anything from our forests , you can if the fungi is on your own property. I rely on the expertise of our Ph.D Mycologist Genevieve Gates & David Ratkowsky - who put together "A field guide to Tasmanian Fungi" and the members of the Tasmanian Field Naturalists who do all the research. :) I am just a citizen spotter.
Beautiful collection and photo! Just one question, though: Have you checked these microscopically?
Beautifull collours ,great find Charlie,congrats and thanks for sharing
Interesting Randy...thanks for that information . Thanks everyone ..they are small ..but when you see the blue staining it pays to look closer :)
Great shots. These are tiny.
Great capture, Charlie.
Gorgeous !
I've heard the blue wood used to be highly prized by woodcarvers.
Silly name, I agree! What an awesome fungi!!!