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

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesChlorociboria aeruginascens (Green Elfcup)
FamilyCHLOROCIBORIACEAE (a family of fungi)
OrderHELOTIALES (an order of discomycetes and lichens)
SubclassLEOTIOMYCETIDAE (powdery mildews)
ClassLEOTIOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
SubphylumPEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
PhylumASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Chlorociboria aeruginascens (Green Elfcup) :
1: Chlorociboria aeruginascens (Green Elfcup)
15 Aug 2015 OSGR: SZ29 50° 50’ N, 1° 40’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
a few small sporocarps on damp, dead, green-stained wood fragment
Image 1: Apothecium - cross-section - magnifiedImage 2: Asci and ascospores - highly magnifiedImage 3: Asci and ascospores - highly magnified (2)Image 4: Asci and ascospores - highly magnified (3)Image 5: Asci and ascospores - highly magnified (4)Image 6: Asci - highly magnifiedImage 7: Asci - highly magnified (2)
2: Chlorociboria aeruginascens (Green Elfcup)
23 Jul 2000 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 0’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
on underside of fallen Beech branch
Image 1: FruitbodiesImage 2: Fruitbodies (2)Image 3: Fruitbodies (3)Image 4: Fruitbodies (4)Image 5: Fruitbodies (5)Image 6: Fruitbodies (6)Image 7: Apothecia - close-upImage 8: Apothecia - close-up (2)Image 9: Apothecia - close-up (3)Image 10: Apothecia - drying - close-upImage 11: Apothecium - close-upImage 12: Asci and paraphysesImage 13: Asci and paraphyses in hymenium squashImage 14: Asci and paraphyses in hymenium squash (2)Image 15: AscosporesImage 16: Ascospores (2)Image 17: Ascospores (3)Image 18: Ascus tipsImage 19: ContextImage 20: Paraphysis
3: Chlorociboria aeruginascens (Green Elfcup)
14 Oct 1998 OSGR: SU20 50° 50’ N, 1° 40’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
on fallen Willow
Image 1: Fruitbodies - top surfaceImage 2: Fruitbodies - top surface (2)Image 3: Fruitbodies - top surface (3)Image 4: Fruitbodies - top surface (4)Image 5: Fruitbodies - top surface (5)Image 6: Fruitbodies - top surface (6)Image 7: Fruitbodies - under surfaceImage 8: Fruitbody - top and under surfacesImage 9: SporesImage 10: Spores (2)Image 11: Spores (3)
4: Chlorociboria aeruginascens (Green Elfcup)
25 Sep 1977 OSGR: SU82 51° 0’ N, 0° 40’ W Vice County: West Sussex (VC 13) England
Image 1: Apothecia
5: Chlorociboria aeruginascens (Green Elfcup)
26 Sep 1975 OSGR: SD67 54° 10’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Mid-west Yorks (VC 64) England
Image 1: Apothecia
6: Chlorociboria aeruginascens (Green Elfcup)
23 Dec 1971 OSGR: TQ21 50° 50’ N, 0° 10’ W Vice County: East Sussex (VC 14) England
on wood
Image 1: Apothecia - top view
7: Chlorociboria aeruginascens (Green Elfcup)
29 Sep 1968 OSGR: TQ22 51° 0’ N, 0° 10’ W Vice County: West Sussex (VC 13) England
Image 1: Apothecia

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Dixon, J.R. 1975 Chlorosplenium and its segregates. II. The genera Chlorociboria and Chlorencoelia Mycotaxon Vol 1: 193-237.
Hall, D. 2004 Chlorosplenium aeruginascens Vol 5 (1) Page: Front cover

Chlorociboria aeruginascens (Green Elfcup) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Chlorociboria aeruginascens (Green Elfcup)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 3 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Chlorociboria aeruginascens (Green Elfcup)

The most frequent cause of the bright green colouration in pieces of fallen wood.

Distinguished from the similar C. aeruginosa by the blue green (not yellowish to pale green) hymenium and smaller spores, 5-7/1-2µm vs. 9-14/2-4µm.

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