Chlorociboria aeruginascens (Nyl.) Kanouse ex C.S. Ramamurthi, Korf & L.R. Batra
Mycologia 49(6): 858. 1957.

Photo: These are very small!

Common Name: none

Synonym: Chlorosplenium aeruginascens (Nyl.) P. Karst.

• Sporocarp

  Fruiting bodies aerugineus-green (blue-green); apotheca cup to discoid shaped, 3-10mm broad at maturity; stipitate to sub-stipitate with the stipe typically laterally attached.

• Spores

  Spores fusiform, 5-9 x 1.5-2 µm, smooth. Spore print not seen.

• Habitat

  Scattered to gregarious on wood; the wood usually stained blue-green by the mycelium of the fungus.

• Edibility

  Much too small to be considered!

• Comments

  Chlorociboria aeruginascens can easily be confused with its close relative, Chlorociboria aeruginosa. Chlorociboria aeruginosa tends to be a little smaller and have a centrally attached stipe rather than a laterally attached stipe. The only consistantly reliable differentiation is the larger spores of Chlorociboria aeruginosa: 9-15 X 1.4-2.8 µm versus 5-8 X 0.7-2.8 µm for Chlorociboria aeruginascens.

• References

  Breitenbach, J. & Kränzlin, F. (1984). Fungi of Switzerland. Volume 1: Ascomycetes. Verlag Mykologia: Luzern, Switzerland. 310 p.
  Dennis, R.W.G. (1981). British Ascomycetes. J. Cramer: Vaduz, Liechtenstein. 585 p.
  Ramanurthi, C.S., Korf, R.P. & Batra, L.R. (1957). A revision of the North American species of Chlorociboria (Scerotiniaceae). Mycologia 49: 854-863.
  Seaver, F.J. (1936). Photographs and Descriptions of Cup-Fungi: XXIV. Chlorociboria. Mycologia 28(4): 390-394.
  Seaver, F.J. (1978). The North American Cup-Fungi (Inoperculates). Lubrecht & Cramer: Monticello, N.Y. 428 p.

• Other Descriptions and Photos
  • Michael Wood: Chlorociboria aeruginascens (CP)
  • Michael Wood: Chlorociboria aeruginascens (CP) — closeup, the larger sporocarp is about 7 mm broad
  • Michael Wood: Chlorociboria aeruginascens (CP)
  • Michael Wood: Chlorociboria aeruginascens (CP) — these were from North Carolina
  • Michael Wood: Chlorociboria aeruginascens (CP) — these were from North Carolina
  • Michael Wood: Chlorociboria aeruginascens (CP) — showing the blue-green stained wood
  • Arora (1986): p. 878 (D)
  • Breitenbach & Kränzlin (v. 1): sp. 199 (D, I, & CP) [as Chlorosplenium aeruginascens]
  • Jordan: p. 65 (D & CP)
  • Phillips: p. 311 (CP), p. 310 (D)
  • MushroomExpert.com: Chlorociboria aeruginascens & Chlorociboria aeruginosa (D & CP)
  
  

  (D=Description; I=Illustration; P=Photo; CP=Color Photo)