Striking blue-green, tiny cups. The fungus also stains green the wood on which it is growing.
Very small, like my pinky fingernail.
Found on trail at Audubon Canyon Ranch preserve.
Green-blue cups on dead wood.
Chlorociboria aeruginascens is a saprobic species of mushroom, commonly known as the green elfcup or the green wood cup because of its characteristic small, green, saucer-shaped fruit bodies. Although the actual fruit bodies are infrequently seen, the green staining of wood caused by the fungus is more prevalent.
