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Chlorociboria aeruginascens

Chlorociboria aeruginascens

Description:

Tiny blue cups (2mm) along the side of damp eucalyptus stick. The ends of the stick also showed the same colour as a deep permeating stain.

Habitat:

Damp timber in tall moist eucalyptus forest.

Notes:

C. aeruginosa is another species which forms almost identical fruit bodies but does not stain the wood.

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8 Comments

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 11 years ago

Thanks Antonio. I have since found timber in the forest with the blue stain inside but no fruiting bodies and it has made me realise I was lucky to see these ones. Thins of this size sure makes me want a real camera though.

Wow Argy great spoptting,congrats my friend thanks for sharing such a rare finding

Chicquita
Chicquita 11 years ago

Hello Argybee ... cute little tiny mushrooms that you have here ... Put it in Colour Blue mission?

LeanneGardner
LeanneGardner 11 years ago

Double wow!

ShannaB
ShannaB 11 years ago

Wow!

MartinL
MartinL 11 years ago

Nice spotting argy, and an unusual color.

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 11 years ago

rich!

Gerardo Aizpuru
Gerardo Aizpuru 11 years ago

Grate spotting, so the fungi stain the wood in this case very interesting!!

Mark Ridgway
Spotted by
Mark Ridgway

Victoria, Australia

Spotted on Apr 8, 2012
Submitted on Apr 8, 2012

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