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Chlorociboria aeruginascens (Nyl.) Kanouse ex C.S. Ramamurthi, Korf & L.R. Batra, 1958 (Green Elfcup)

Notes (MWS) The most frequent cause of the bright green colouration in pieces of fallen wood.

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos #macrophotos #microphotos
Chlorociboria aeruginascens Fruitbody 23 July 2000 Berks England 6 5 9
Chlorociboria aeruginascens Fruitbody 14 October 1998 South Hampshire England 8 3
Chlorociboria aeruginascens Fruitbody 25 September 1977 West Sussex England 1
Chlorociboria aeruginascens Fruitbody 26 September 1975 Mid-west Yorkshire England 1
Chlorociboria aeruginascens Fruitbody 23 December 1971 East Sussex England 1
Chlorociboria aeruginascens Fruitbody 29 September 1968 West Sussex England 1

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #refs
Synonym Chlorosplenium aeruginascens (Nyl) Karst 1

Suggested Literature

Chlorociboria aeruginascens may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
MYCETEAE
(fungi, moulds and lichens)
ASCOMYCOTA
(spore-shooters)
ASCOMYCETES
(spore shooters)
HELOTIALES
(an order of discomycetes and lichens)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Chlorociboria aeruginascens is associated with:

Photos apothecium Quercus (native spp) - Native Oaks (Fagaceae) stalked apothecium is saprobic on blue-green stained, rotting log Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [wood stained blue-green over large area]
Photos apothecium Quercus (native spp) - Native Oaks (Fagaceae) stalked apothecium is saprobic on blue-green stained, rotting branch Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [wood stained blue-green over large area]
Photos mycelium Quercus (native spp) - Native Oaks (Fagaceae) mycelium is saprobic on blue-green stained, rotting wood

Associated with Chlorociboria aeruginascens:

Chlorociboria aeruginascens may be associated with taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MYCETEAE
(fungi, moulds and lichens)
ASCOMYCETES
(spore shooters)

References

Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook

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