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Blue-green Cup Fungus

Chlorosplenium aeruginosum

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Field Notes

Description:

These bluish-green mushrooms are tiny and you really have to look for them. Very odd color for a mushroom so when you do locate them it is a prize. In clusters on log or dead branches of conifers. 1/4 to 1 1/2 in. wide.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
LaurenZarate
Maybe this is phosphorescent under ultraviolet light?

Spotted for Missions

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Mushroom Mapping
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The Color Blue
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PublishedSeptember 29, 2018

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