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

Further Information

Notes (MWS) The most frequent cause of the bright green colouration in pieces of fallen wood.
Diagnostic features 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. Hansen, L & Knudsen, H, 2000

Sets of Photographs

These relate to individual finds ("biological records") of the organism.

Taxon Summary # images # photos # macrophotos # microphotos Date Vice-county Country
Chlorociboria aeruginascens Fruitbody 20 6 5 9 23 Jul 2000 Berks England
Chlorociboria aeruginascens Fruitbody 11 8 3 14 Oct 1998 South Hampshire England
Chlorociboria aeruginascens Fruitbody 1 1 25 Sep 1977 West Sussex England
Chlorociboria aeruginascens Fruitbody 1 1 26 Sep 1975 Mid-west Yorkshire England
Chlorociboria aeruginascens Fruitbody 1 1 23 Dec 1971 East Sussex England
Chlorociboria aeruginascens Fruitbody 1 1 29 Sep 1968 West Sussex England

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Hall, D., 2004, Chlorosplenium aeruginascens, Field Mycology, Volume 5(1): Front cover (Photograph) Chlorosplenium aeruginascens

Chlorociboria aeruginascens may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
FUNGI SS.
(true fungi)
ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters)
LEOTIOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of ascomycetes and lichens)
HELOTIALES
(an order of discomycetes and lichens)
Discomycetes (via Helotiales) Fungi sl.

BioInfo BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 3 feeding and other relationships of Chlorociboria aeruginascens (Green Elfcup)

References

Hansen, L & Knudsen, H, 2000 Nordic Macromycetes, Vol 1 (Ascomycetes)
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