| Arrhenia chlorocyanea | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Hygrophoraceae |
| Genus: | Arrhenia |
| Species: | A. chlorocyanea |
| Binomial name | |
| Arrhenia chlorocyanea (Pat.) Redhead, Lutzoni, Moncalvo & Vilgalys (2002) | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Arrhenia chlorocyanea, commonly known as the verdigris navel, [3] is a species of agaric fungus in the family Hygrophoraceae. Originally named as a species of Agaricus in 1885, [4] and later classified as a member of Omphalina , the species was transferred to the genus Arrhenia in 2002. [5]
The blue mushroom's caps are under 2 centimetres (3⁄4 in) wide and the stems are 1–4 cm (3⁄8–1+5⁄8 in) tall. The spore print is white. [6] Entoloma species such as E. incarnatofuscescens may appear somewhat similar, but have a pink spore print. [6]
It can be found in association with mosses in Europe and North America. [6] [5]