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

common name(s) : Green Elfcup, Blue-green Wood Cup, Green Wood-Cup 

New classification: Ascomycota/Pezizomycotina/Leotiomycetes/Leotiomycetidae/Helotiales/Incertae sedis  
Former classification: Ascomycota/Hymenoascomycetes/Pezizomycetideae  

synonyms: Chlorociboria aeruginascens, Chlorosplenium aeruginascens 

edibility : inedible

photo gallery of Chlorociboria aeruginascens
photo gallery of Chlorociboria aeruginascens potential confusions with Chlorociboria aeruginascens toxicity of Chlorociboria aeruginascens genus Chlorociboria  

The fruiting body is cup-shaped, becoming irregular, with a bright blue-green internal surface, the external surface being of similar colours, with a very short stem.

The fertile surface is smooth.

It grows on wood, on dead deciduous wood.

The fruiting period takes place from July to December.
Dimensions: width of fruiting body approximately 0.5 cm (between 0.1 and 1 cm)
  total height approximately 0.3 cm (between 0.2 and 0.4 cm)

Distinctive features : sorry, no English description yet

Chlorociboria aeruginascens is frequent and widely present in the forest of Rambouillet, and is frequent, more generally speaking .
here should be the distribution map of Chlorociboria aeruginascens in the forest of Rambouillet
Above : distribution map of Chlorociboria aeruginascens in the forest of Rambouillet



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