Chlorociboria aeruginosa (Oeder) Seaver ex C.S. Ramamurthi, Korf & L.R. Batra
(Turquoise Elfcup)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesChlorociboria aeruginosa (Turquoise Elfcup)
GenusChlorociboria (a genus of fungi)
FamilyCHLOROCIBORIACEAE (a family of fungi)
OrderHELOTIALES (an order of discomycetes and lichens)
SubclassLEOTIOMYCETIDAE (powdery mildews)
ClassLEOTIOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
SubphylumPEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
PhylumASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Dixon, J.R. 1975 Chlorosplenium and its segregates. II. The genera Chlorociboria and Chlorencoelia Mycotaxon Vol 1: 193-237.

Chlorociboria aeruginosa (Turquoise Elfcup) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Chlorociboria aeruginosa (Turquoise Elfcup)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 3 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Chlorociboria aeruginosa (Turquoise Elfcup)

Distinguished from the similar C. aeruginascens by the yellowish to pale green (not blue green) hymenium and larger spores, 9-14/2-4µm vs 5-7/1-2µm.

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