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Elfcups - Chlorociboria aeruginosa This is a really big crop - these cups are normally 1-2 mm in size, but in their current dried up state, they were even smaller. <br /> <br /> Here is what they looked like about 3 months earlier: <br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/68389/elfcups_-_chlorociboria_aeruginosa.html" title="Elfcups - Chlorociboria aeruginosa"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3232/68389_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=JaTjTLQqx0f0uYRKkH2XUT1foqM%3D" width="120" height="152" alt="Elfcups - Chlorociboria aeruginosa These were so fresh and such a deep turquoise color! These fungi have a cup-shaped fruiting body with a tiny, central stem. The fruiting body becomes flattened with age. They were really tiny and ranged in size from 1-2 mm wide.<br /> <br /> Habitat: Growing on rotting, decorticated wood in a mixed forest.<br /> <br /> Three months later: <br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/73709/elfcups_-_chlorociboria_aeruginosa.html Chlorociboria aeruginosa,Fall,Geotagged,Turquoise Elfcup,United States" /></a></figure><br /> <br /> Habitat: Growing on rotting, decorticated wood in a mixed forest. Chlorociboria aeruginosa,Geotagged,Turquoise Elfcup,United States,Winter Click/tap to enlarge Promoted

Elfcups - Chlorociboria aeruginosa

This is a really big crop - these cups are normally 1-2 mm in size, but in their current dried up state, they were even smaller.

Here is what they looked like about 3 months earlier:

Elfcups - Chlorociboria aeruginosa These were so fresh and such a deep turquoise color! These fungi have a cup-shaped fruiting body with a tiny, central stem. The fruiting body becomes flattened with age. They were really tiny and ranged in size from 1-2 mm wide.<br /> <br /> Habitat: Growing on rotting, decorticated wood in a mixed forest.<br /> <br /> Three months later: <br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/73709/elfcups_-_chlorociboria_aeruginosa.html Chlorociboria aeruginosa,Fall,Geotagged,Turquoise Elfcup,United States


Habitat: Growing on rotting, decorticated wood in a mixed forest.

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The Turquoise Elfcup

Chlorciboria aeruginosa is one of just two species recorded in the genus Chlorociboria, the other being Chlorociboria aeruginascens. Both result in green staining of timber.

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Similar species: Helotiales
Species identified by Christine Young
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By Christine Young

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Uploaded Feb 3, 2019. Captured Jan 27, 2019 14:44 in 91 Main St, Sharon, CT 06069, USA.
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  • Canon EOS 80D
  • f/5.0
  • 1/64s
  • ISO400
  • 100mm
Captured in the winter. More winter photos.

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