Chlorociboria aeruginascens

green elfcup

Names across languages

From the latest record: 2024-10-26.

Smooth, exposed on the inner surface of the apothecium, bright blue-green to turquoise in color

Small, cup-shaped to disc-like, thin and delicate, typically bright blue-green

N/A (Forms the inner surface of the cup)

Short, slender, bluish-green, sometimes absent or very reduced

Spore print white (microscopic spore mass on the substrate)

Saprobic, growing on decaying wood, especially hardwoods, causing a characteristic blue-green stain in the wood, found throughout the year

Inedible due to its small size and insignificant flesh

Fruit body small, stipe up to 1-2 mm long when present

Cap 2-5 mm in diameter

Odour indistinct

Spores subfusiform to nearly cylindric, smooth, 6-8 x 1-2 µ, biguttulate with a small oil droplet near each end

Small, blue-green cup fungus known for staining decaying wood a blue-green color

1948). Mycologia 39(6): 641 (’1947′).

Laiaküla raba, Tallinn, Harjumaa, Estonia

Deciduous forest, on birch mossy branch under the bark

59°28'00.5"N 24°53'23.3"E

🔆 Full overcast, forest shade