Phylum: Ascomycota Class: Ascomycetes
Order: Helotiales Family: Helotiaceae
Species: Chlorociboria aeruginascens (Nyl.) Kanouse ex Ramamurthi, Korf & L.R. Batra
Synonyms: Chlorosplenium aeruginascens
Chlorosplenium aeruginosum
Helotium aeruginascens
Peziza aeruginascens
Common Name: Green Elfcup
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Chlorociboria aeruginascensPhotographer: © Mark Wright
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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Alnus glutinosa (1)
Beech (1)
Betula pendula (1)
Betula pubescens (1)
Corylus avellana (1)
Crataegus monogyna (1)
Fagus sylvatica (1)
Fraxinus excelsior (1)
Hazel (1)
Quercus (1)
Quercus petraea (1)
Salix (1)
Salix caprea (1)
Salix cinerea (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (21)
Woodland (9)
Woodland: mixed (6)
Woodland: broadleaved (3)
Neutral grassland: semi-improved (2)
Woodland: mixed, plantation (2)
Acid pedunculate oak-hazel-ash woods: Heavy soil form (1)
Bog (1)
Grassland: calcareous, semi-improved, upland (1)
Parkland and scattered trees (1)
Quercus petraea-Betula pubescens-Oxalis acetosella woodland (1)
Woodland: broadleaved, plantation (1)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural, high forest (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Branch (1)
Dead Branch (1)
Dead Wood (1)
Fallen Branch (1)
Fallen Tree (1)
Soil (1)
Tree (1)
Twig (1)
Wood (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
January (1)
February (1)
April (14)
May (10)
June (2)
July (3)
August (13)
September (22)
October (27)
November (8)
December (2)