green elfcup

Fungus Schmungus #5

I saw this turquoise colored mushroom on a dead oak leaf in early spring.  I looked it up and it is called the green elfcup (scientific name chlorociboria aeruginascens). Normally, it is found on dead trees and sticks. Don’t eat it. Very poisonous. Despite the scientific name the blue-green coloring does not come from chlorophyll… Read more »