<p>Scientific Name: <i>Chlorociboria aeruginascens</i> (Nyl.) Kan.
Common Name: Green Stain
Certainty: sure of genus (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://bornnaturalist.org/notes/20060701#7">notes</a>)
Location: Appalachians; Smokies; CabinCove
Date: 20060701
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Close-up of the microscopic fruiting cups.  Lousy photo, but it's the best I got of this interesting fungus.
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/people/7147684@N03">Jason Hollinger</a>
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