Blue-green crust fungus

Amaurodon viridis

Amaurodon viridis is a resupinate crust-like fungus that grow on rotting wood. It is typically blue to green in color.
Blue Crust Fungus (Amaurodon viridis) Small velvety patches and veins of crust fungus in beautiful shades of blue in a tree hollow. The surface was covered with beads of moisture. The colour was dramatically beautiful against the gnarly yellow and deep brown of the tree bark. Amaurodon viridis,Australia,Blue-green crust fungus,Geotagged,Winter

Naming

Sistotrema viride Alb. & Schwein. Alb. & Schwein
Hydnum viride (Alb. & Schwein.) Fr.
Thelephora viridis Berk.
Caldesiella viridis (Alb. & Schwein.) Pat.
Hypochnus chlorinus Massee
Kneiffia viridis Rick
Tomentella chlorina (Massee) G.Cunn.
Tomentella viridis (Rick) G.Cunn.

Distribution

Europe; Australia

References:

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amaurodon
http://bie.ala.org.au/species/Amaurodon+viridis#
http://eol.org/pages/198492/overview
Taxonomy
KingdomFungi
DivisionBasidiomycota
ClassAgaricomycetes
OrderThelephorales
FamilyThelephoraceae
GenusAmaurodon
SpeciesAmaurodon viridis
Photographed in
Australia