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Chlorociboria aeruginosa
These gorgeous, blue-green cup fungi fruit infrequently, and I was lucky to find them in such good shape! They have a cup-shaped fruiting body with a tiny, central stem. The fruiting body becomes flattened with age. They ranged in size from 2-4 mm wide.
This is the first confirmed spotting of this species on Project Noah.
Growing on a rotting log in a mixed forest.
Chlorociboria species contain a quinone pigment called xylindein, which is the reason for the characteristic bluish-green stain that occurs on wood that's infected by this species.
Chlorociboria aeruginosa is often confused with Chlorociboria aeruginascens. But, Chlorociboria aeruginosa tends to be a little smaller and have a centrally attached stipe rather than a laterally attached stipe.
Spotted on Nov 21, 2017
Submitted on Nov 22, 2017
23 Comments
Gorgeous colors. Congrats.
Congrats here too! Precious colors!
CONGRATS, Christine!! These are BEAUTIFUL!!!!!
WAY TO GO!!! ;)
Thank you Danièle and all those who voted for these tiny beauties! Thanks Felix, Brian, and António for your comments :)
Gorgeous! Congrats, Christine.
Congrats Christine! I knew these Elfcups would make the finale 3. Great series and notes!
Awesome collour Christine congrats
Congratulations Christine, your Elfcups got joint third position in our 2017 Best Wildlife Photo competition, Fungi category:
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Yes! He was so helpful and I was so grateful for his input!
For all interested there is now also an intersting discussion regarding this species between Christine and Juan Carlos Zamora on our official Facebook page:
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Thanks so much Machi. I'll update the spotting.
Someone shared this in a Mushroom ID Facebook group. One of the admins said this is Chlorociboria aeruginosa. Check out the comments: https://www.facebook.com/groups/Mushroom...
Thanks Felix!
Congrats! Amazing colouration.
Thanks :)
Perfection! The first photo looks like a pair of turquoise earrings at first glance!
Thanks Brian and suzmonk! I was so lucky to find them looking like this. Usually they are mostly shriveled up.
Congratulations, Christine Y, beautiful spotting! And they look exactly what you would expect "elfcups" to look like, don't they?
Congrats on SOTD Christine! an amazing spotting!
Thank you Danièle for SOTD! It was a nice surprise that has made my day :).
Congratulations Christine, these two perfectly shaped Green Elfcups are our Spotting of the Day!
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Thanks Sukanya! These are my favorite mushrooms because of the color :)
What a lovely colour. I have NEVER seen blue mushrooms, ever! Thanks.