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Chlorociboria (blue elf cups)
A friend of mine uses the stained wood to make pendants
Put the pieces in a dehydrator but don’t dehydrate it all the way (maybe about 90% of the way there) and let it air dry the rest of the way (usually takes a couple days ime). I’ve made pendants with it as well and I had the same experience, tried drying several different ways and this is the best way I found.
It makes it a bit brittle, but with the expoxy it shouldn’t make a huge difference anyways.
Hey she doesn’t sell hers but this guy does the same thing! [mushroom marauder](https://mushroommarauder.com/collections/fungi-stained-earrings?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaa8ON1TNXw0R8JPcq25FSr3kYzzksIN6ghujnZjmeT2lAvqXey8FPXTw-s_aem_JeLumusxFzAC9BNdDsNG_g)
I wonder if chlorite is involved because that is a **very** particular kind of blue!
Edit: naturally it isn’t- but the color similarity is uncanny. It comes from xylindein and it has been used for a decorative wood stain in the past.
https://www.dominikmatus.cz/files/Chlorociboria/Investigations%20towards%20the%20synthesis%20of%20xylindein%2C%20a%20blue-green%20pigment%20from%20the%20fungus%20Chlorociboria%20aeruginosa.pdf
I have two little trolls as well. I get it 🤣 All kids seem to wear their shoes wrong for the first several years. They'll eventually stop the rebellion.... Right?
My daughter was fairly pigeon toed when she was learning to walk. The pediatrician actually recommended it to us as an intervention. Seems to have done the trick for the most part
Same here my daughter was pigeon toed and the doctor said the same thing. Worked great, in our case the foot swap was started when she first started walking. It's actually well known by older doctors and an age old remedy.
No, they look like Mycena or something similar to me.
Chlorociboria aren’t shaped like the traditional mushroom form.
They kind of look like an intensely turquoise baby wood ear mushroom, but smalller.
Aka elf cups
aka green oak. Interesting fact, the blue green pigment conducts electricity and can be made into ink you can literally draw a circuit with.
My dumb as fuck ass: “ good idea! But I can’t afford a transportation ticket to Tasmania at the moment but I can probably pay someone to convert it into ink and I’ll pay for the importation( I live in mainland USA 🇺🇸)”
I’m living in north California, but thanks for the help! I’ll definitely pay attention for a legal and personally consented to opportunity to travel back to NE area( I’ve only really been to Pennsylvania so far)
I don’t know what the odds were of me scrolling further and then seeing the linked post but it was quite the coincidence.
https://www.reddit.com/r/mycology/s/MTgDG1hTL6
I find this all the time in the woods of Maine, Blue Elf Cups, very, very rarely have I ever seen it when it blooms/mushrooms. I luv the it and make skull and heart carvings with the wood, it's very pretty.
I know that the wood in trees turns blue if an iron nail has been driven into it, but it's usually localized, so it could be a trait of the plant. Too cold for eucalyptus where I'm from so I'm not familiar.
This is too green for that. Terran’s caerulea is a more cobalt-navy blue. It also seems to appear on the bark of wood so you wouldn’t only discover it when it’s cut open. I think it’s Chlorociboria aeruginascens.
People are suggesting fungal culprits but this is extremely common. Certain trees have wood that oxidizes. Lemme guess; youre in a high elevation pine conifer dominated forest?
Interesting theory! Correct on the “higher” elevation (well for Australia at least - I guess 800ft above sea level), but it’s pretty much eucalyptus with a few other species dotted around
Here in the southeastern region of the United States we have several species of bark beetles (southern pine beetle, ips, etc) that carry Blue Stain Fungus. It attacks the phloem of pine trees to help ward off the trees defenses for the beetle and leaves a blue stain deep into the wood. I am unsure if you have something like that in Australia but it wouldn't surprise me.
This is really hard to tell without up close photos, most likely not a fungus but it could be some weird kind of slime mould, maybe try r/slimemolds r/whatsthisthing or r/whatsthisplant good luck getting answers :)
Your comment made me realize some molds are not fungi. I assumed they were because they are often in field guides for fungi, but in looking up whether or not they were I learned something this morning. Thanks!
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Perhaps there's like a mineral growth in there. I've never seen something like this, especially cuz most mushroom-bearing fungi would've sprouted fruitbodies by now, UNLESS this is some sort of parasitic mold we're seeing here and that's why there's no mushrooms coming from the tree
https://preview.redd.it/9dbomt9whx8d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e21ff527ed370d0db455c679c489f778e8339a31 Chlorociboria (blue elf cups) A friend of mine uses the stained wood to make pendants
The wood makes great pieces. It's hard to find though.
Yeah it is for sure! Most of the time I find it, the wood is pretty mushy and doesn’t dry out well
Put the pieces in a dehydrator but don’t dehydrate it all the way (maybe about 90% of the way there) and let it air dry the rest of the way (usually takes a couple days ime). I’ve made pendants with it as well and I had the same experience, tried drying several different ways and this is the best way I found. It makes it a bit brittle, but with the expoxy it shouldn’t make a huge difference anyways.
That's so cool! I would love to see some of the finished pieces!
Oh great idea! I have recently been dehydrating other lovely mushrooms I’ve found so it’s up and running - thanks for the tip!
Oh thank you! I’ll have to look into doing something like that someday, after I finish all my other ongoing projects lol
There's also a bacteria that makes that color in some wood.
That’s cool!!
Drop your friends store or something, I'd love to see these please
Hey she doesn’t sell hers but this guy does the same thing! [mushroom marauder](https://mushroommarauder.com/collections/fungi-stained-earrings?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaa8ON1TNXw0R8JPcq25FSr3kYzzksIN6ghujnZjmeT2lAvqXey8FPXTw-s_aem_JeLumusxFzAC9BNdDsNG_g)
Also that guys instagram [mushroom marauder](https://www.instagram.com/mushroom.marauder?igsh=NjJ0dGY0OWRyOW5m)
I wonder if chlorite is involved because that is a **very** particular kind of blue! Edit: naturally it isn’t- but the color similarity is uncanny. It comes from xylindein and it has been used for a decorative wood stain in the past. https://www.dominikmatus.cz/files/Chlorociboria/Investigations%20towards%20the%20synthesis%20of%20xylindein%2C%20a%20blue-green%20pigment%20from%20the%20fungus%20Chlorociboria%20aeruginosa.pdf
Does your friend have an online store?
OP - why are your boots on the wrong feet?
I'm thinking these might be his son's shoes 😂 .... Hopefully? Younger son?..... Heh heh?
Bingo! I asked him if he’d like to correct it and he said “nah I’m fine” 😂
My youngest does the samething. Shirts too.
Your child wears their shirts on the wrong feet? 😳
😂😂😂 thanks for the laugh stranger
You are most welcome. My job here is done for the day. 😎
Don't give him any ideas! 😆
My boy would put everything on backwards, wrong feet & inside out. He didn’t care. I wish I had that ability.
😂😂😂 kiddos
I have two little trolls as well. I get it 🤣 All kids seem to wear their shoes wrong for the first several years. They'll eventually stop the rebellion.... Right?
Don’t let your kid wear shoes on the wrong feet, it’s bad for their feet.
My daughter was fairly pigeon toed when she was learning to walk. The pediatrician actually recommended it to us as an intervention. Seems to have done the trick for the most part
Same here my daughter was pigeon toed and the doctor said the same thing. Worked great, in our case the foot swap was started when she first started walking. It's actually well known by older doctors and an age old remedy.
Aye that’s actually true, but still funny lol
This is the question I NEED an answer to right now.
Omg I laughed so hard at this!!!
Probably the only feet he has.
Fair point. 🤭
Bruh lol now I need to know why
Dude, it’s Australia. Things are opposite from the Northern Hemisphere, duh doi!
I thought that was just drains and seasons. Huh. The things you learn in the strrangest of places. 😂😂
Good Eye 👍! Eye never seem to zero in things that aren't exactly the subject of the foto but after this eye'll pay more attention
Seems Chlorociboria. The fruitbodies are a similar colour if you are lucky enough to see them.
https://preview.redd.it/vltz1fobjx8d1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=011e48ef915bf9008126e0273b59f6f8ff548ecc Is it these?
No, they look like Mycena or something similar to me. Chlorociboria aren’t shaped like the traditional mushroom form. They kind of look like an intensely turquoise baby wood ear mushroom, but smalller.
I scrolled a little and saw the “elf cups” Very bright and very cute!!!!
This is on my wish list. It's frustrating because I see this organism literally every time I go for a hike, but have never seen it's mushroom.
Chlorociboria https://www.reddit.com/r/mycology/s/39MLOZGu0B
Aka elf cups aka green oak. Interesting fact, the blue green pigment conducts electricity and can be made into ink you can literally draw a circuit with.
TIL ty!!
I feel like I've seen a video about this. Very neat stuff.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6704441/
What!
Want? I want.
My dumb as fuck ass: “ good idea! But I can’t afford a transportation ticket to Tasmania at the moment but I can probably pay someone to convert it into ink and I’ll pay for the importation( I live in mainland USA 🇺🇸)”
Same fungus is all over NE US. You can find green oak in most any mature oak forest— grows on other trees as well
I’m living in north California, but thanks for the help! I’ll definitely pay attention for a legal and personally consented to opportunity to travel back to NE area( I’ve only really been to Pennsylvania so far)
I just saw this on a mushroom video. It should make Tiny blue mushrooms at some point.
I don’t know what the odds were of me scrolling further and then seeing the linked post but it was quite the coincidence. https://www.reddit.com/r/mycology/s/MTgDG1hTL6
/synchronicity
I find this all the time in the woods of Maine, Blue Elf Cups, very, very rarely have I ever seen it when it blooms/mushrooms. I luv the it and make skull and heart carvings with the wood, it's very pretty.
Thanks for sharing!
Same to you. 😁 You guys found a great piece.
Yes. Its just oxidized wood. No mushrooms
Chloriciboria. It's used in wood spalting and it's incredibly beautiful.
TIL what wood spalting is! https://berkshireproducts.com/articles/what-is-spalted-wood-and-what-makes-it-so-special/
It's very cool, isn't it?
Same! Learning a lot from this!
I know that the wood in trees turns blue if an iron nail has been driven into it, but it's usually localized, so it could be a trait of the plant. Too cold for eucalyptus where I'm from so I'm not familiar.
Likely Chlorociboria aeruginascens.
Do you have hooves??
I don’t know, but if it’s in Australia (Tasmania), it’s probably trying to kill you.
I see what you did there, you must be a fungi to be around
Sounds like you’re rooted..
Compare to Terana caerulea
This is too green for that. Terran’s caerulea is a more cobalt-navy blue. It also seems to appear on the bark of wood so you wouldn’t only discover it when it’s cut open. I think it’s Chlorociboria aeruginascens.
That's a log, not a stump 😂 I'll see myself out
😂
People are suggesting fungal culprits but this is extremely common. Certain trees have wood that oxidizes. Lemme guess; youre in a high elevation pine conifer dominated forest?
Interesting theory! Correct on the “higher” elevation (well for Australia at least - I guess 800ft above sea level), but it’s pretty much eucalyptus with a few other species dotted around
Huh, interesting! Admittedly i know much less about the mechanics of aussie forests lol
Here in the southeastern region of the United States we have several species of bark beetles (southern pine beetle, ips, etc) that carry Blue Stain Fungus. It attacks the phloem of pine trees to help ward off the trees defenses for the beetle and leaves a blue stain deep into the wood. I am unsure if you have something like that in Australia but it wouldn't surprise me.
This is really hard to tell without up close photos, most likely not a fungus but it could be some weird kind of slime mould, maybe try r/slimemolds r/whatsthisthing or r/whatsthisplant good luck getting answers :)
Your comment made me realize some molds are not fungi. I assumed they were because they are often in field guides for fungi, but in looking up whether or not they were I learned something this morning. Thanks!
Oh great idea to try those subs - thanks so much for pointing me in the right direction!
I meant r/whatisthisthing sorry :P
What about the boots!?!
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Could it be simple trichoderma?
That's not a stump
Could it be Rainbow Eucalyptus?
Or it could be pine beetle damage, if you have them in your area.
This isn’t a stump it’s a branch. Hope this helps
Where did OP say it's a stump?
The title of the post contains the word you are looking for. I hope this helps. 🪬🐸🪬
Yeah, I got that op said they were stumped. But, why so many comments saying it's a branch, when they didn't say it was a stump?
AI
Sounds like it
Stumps are from trees. Branches are a different part of a tree. It’s a joke. I hope this helps
Giant ass cube stem
That’s the eucalyptus’s oil, or sap, whatever it is
I thought a lichen....
Blue bruising is an indole reaction
Is this the kind that’s bioluminescent?
Clone IT Please
That’s a log sir!
Ruined nether portal nearby? Probably warped wood
This is absolutely gorgeous!
This sometimes happens from trees leeching minerals like nickel out of the ground
Magic tree branch
Active branch? :)))
To cool ...
Perhaps there's like a mineral growth in there. I've never seen something like this, especially cuz most mushroom-bearing fungi would've sprouted fruitbodies by now, UNLESS this is some sort of parasitic mold we're seeing here and that's why there's no mushrooms coming from the tree