Chlorocyboria blue-green (Chlorociboria aeruginosa)

Systematics:
  • Department: Ascomycota (Ascomycetes)
  • Subdivision: Pezizomycotina (Pezizomycotins)
  • Class: Leotiomycetes (Leociomycetes)
  • Subclass: Leotiomycetidae (Leocyomycetes)
  • Order: Helotiales (Helotiae)
  • Family: Helotiaceae (Gelociaceae)
  • Genus: Chlorociboria (Chlorocyboria)
  • Type: Chlorociboria aeruginosa (Chlorociboria blue-green)

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Chloroplenium blue-green

Chlorocyboria blue-green (Chlorociboria aeruginosa) photo and descriptionDescription:

Fruit body about 1 (2) cm high and 0,5-1,5 X 1-2 cm in size, cup-shaped, leaf-shaped, often eccentric, elongated below into a short stalk, with a thin edge, lobed and sinuous in old mushrooms, smooth above , dull, sometimes slightly wrinkled in the middle, bright emerald green, blue-green, turquoise. The underside is paler, with a whitish coating, often wrinkled. With normal humidity, it dries fairly quickly (within 1-3 hours)

Leg about 0,3 cm high, thin, narrowed, longitudinally pitted, is a continuation of the “cap”, one-color with its underside, blue-green with a whitish bloom

The pulp is thin, waxy-skinned, hard when dried.

Spread:

Grows from July to November (massively from August to September) on dead wood of deciduous (oak) and coniferous species (spruce), in damp places, in groups, not often. Colors the top layer of wood blue-green

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