Chlorociboria aeruginosa
Mycologia 49(6): 859. 1957.
Common Name: none
Synonym: Chlorosplenium aeruginosum (Oeder) De Not.
Scattered to gregarious on wood; the wood usually stained blue-green by the mycelium of the fungus.
Much too small to be considered!
Chlorociboria aeruginosa can easily be confused with its close relative, Chlorociboria aeruginascens. 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.
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.
— the fungus stains the wood blue-green
