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Chlorociboria aeruginascens
Found on very old broken tree limb in Bent Creek Experimental Forest.
Spotted on Sep 1, 2012
Submitted on Jul 1, 2013
12 Comments
Thank you so much for that article KarenPuracan! I now have an even greater appreciation for it's beautiful hue!
I think this is the fungus that stains wood a lovely turquoise blue. In years gone by, furniture made of this bluish wood was highly sought after. Here's a very informative article:
http://ladyoftheloch.co.uk/chlorociboria...
Thanks Harsha Singh!
Wow!
Thanks for the commments LeanneGardner and lanibucao!!!
I love the color! Great spotting!
Amazing colour! Great find M Fortune!
Thanks ceejayalyssa and JaredTCalvert!!!
Very cool color!
very nice :)
Thanks Agustín Amenabar!!! I have a lot of bad photos of these too. Finally got a good shot with a tripod.
Beautiful colouring! I've seen some similar, but never managed to capture it right.