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Chlorociboria aeruginascens

Yes, there are blue fungi too and they are gorgeous! Chlorociboria aeruginascens grows on dead trunks of beech trees and it causes a bluish-green staining on them before the fruiting bodies appear.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 07.2016
Date Uploaded: 11.2017
Photo Location: France
Camera: Canon EOS 60D
Copyright: © Dianora Estrada