The blue area may be an infection. On hardwood.
Ground. Cap 5 cm; stipe 7.5 cm. Stem is adorned with brown fibers.
On quasi dead hardwood. Several caps. I just read that it can have a resupinate form when wood lying on the ground and pileate forms when on standing trees. Exerted and ornamented skeletocystidia.
Interesting to note that the stem blackened only the portion that was exposed to the ambient. The hidden portion is yellow-white. The caps become totally black. Park.
Among grass, weeds and moss. Park. Spores have spikes: 8.6-11.1 um but many were smaller than those. Spores were measured without ornamentation. Top 4.2 cm; 7 cm tall including rooting system.
On unknown hardwood, next to a swamp. Park.
On side of rural road; base was clumped on sandy soil and there were weeds roots also. The 'cap' has a slight smell of chocolate mix with some herb fragrance. 9 cm tall(whole); cap 4.2 x 3.3 cm; 2.1 cm wide at its base. Asci 18.5-24 x 290-316.8 um. The inside surface of cap is of a dirty cream color and slightly pitted. Single.
On a roof beam. Second floor of an abandoned roofless convent hall. Several units. Pleurocystidia are absent on side of gills. Specimen examined: cap 2 cm; stipe 4.2 cm with a wider base of 8 mm.
On oak branch. Mossy woods.
On oak branch. Sharing it with Vuelliminia coryli. Mossy woods.