Phylum: Ascomycota Class: Leotiomycetes
Order: Helotiales Family: Chlorociboriaceae
Species: Chlorociboria aeruginascens (Nyl.) Kanouse ex C.S. Ramamurthi, Korf & L.R. Batra
Synonyms: Chlorosplenium aeruginascens
Chlorosplenium aeruginosum
Dothiora tulasnei
Helotium aeruginascens
Helvella aeruginosa
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:
Corylus avellana (24)
Quercus (13)
Salix (10)
Quercus petraea (7)
Fagus sylvatica (7)
Betula pubescens (5)
Alnus glutinosa (4)
Salix caprea (2)
Betula pendula (2)
Salix cinerea (1)
Sambucus nigra (1)
Crataegus monogyna (1)
Acer (1)
Aesculus hippocastanum (1)
Fraxinus excelsior (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (26)
Woodland (23)
Woodland and scrub (8)
Woodland: mixed (6)
Parkland and scattered trees (3)
Woodland: broadleaved (3)
Neutral grassland: semi-improved (2)
Scrub: dense/continuous (2)
Woodland: broadleaved, plantation (2)
Woodland: mixed, plantation (2)
Woodland: mixed, semi-natural (2)
Acid pedunculate oak-hazel-ash woods: Heavy soil form (1)
Bog (1)
Calcareous grassland (1)
Grassland: calcareous, semi-improved, upland (1)
Parkland and scattered trees: broadleaved (1)
Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (1)
Quercus petraea-Betula pubescens-Oxalis acetosella woodland (1)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural, high forest (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Dead Wood (42)
Branch (25)
Wood (20)
Dead Branch (4)
Decorticated Wood (2)
Fallen Wood (2)
Log (2)
Rotting Wood (2)
Soil (2)
Fallen Branch (1)
Fallen Tree (1)
Tree (1)
Twig (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
January (6)
February (1)
April (14)
May (12)
June (5)
July (7)
August (18)
September (29)
October (42)
November (10)
December (2)