Cobalt Crust (Terana caerulea) | Local Species Gallery

Terana caerulea, commonly known as the Cobalt Crust fungus or Velvet Blue Spread, is a saprobic crust fungus in the family Phanerochaetaceae. Usually found in warm, damp hardwood forests on the undersides of fallen logs and branches of deciduous trees, this unique fungus has been described as - blue velvet on a stick. In this photo it was found on a Chestnut paling of a garden fence.

Old Neuroterus saliens galls

Neuroterus saliens

Wood Pigeon (Columba palumbus) (1490)

A male Common Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)

Brown Hare (Lepus europaeus) (1487)

Eurasian Teal (Anas crecca) (1486)

Eurasian Teal (Anas crecca) (1485)

Brown Hare (Lepus europaeus) (1484)

Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)

Coot (Fulica atra) on Nest

Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius)

An Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)

Long-tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus)

Female Blackbird (Turdus merula)

Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos)

Dunnock (Prunella modularis)

Male Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)

Robin (Erithacus rubecula) (1452)

Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis)

Stock Dove (Columba oenas)

A male and female Mandarin Duck (Aix galericulata) on the weir pool at Arrowe Park

Mandarin Duck (Aix galericulata)

Red-crested Pochard (Netta rufina) (1406)

Red-crested Pochard (Netta rufina) (1405)

Red-crested Pochard (Netta rufina) (1404)

Vapourer (Orgyia antiqua)

A male Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)

A Muscovy Duck (Cairina moschata)

Short-beaked Common Dolphin (Delphinus delphis)

Wood Mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus) (1089)

Brown Rat (Rattus norvegicus) (1090)

A Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)

A Redshank (Tringa totanus)

A Great Northern Diver (Gavia immer) (1078)

A Great Northern Diver (Gavia immer) (1077)

Common Orange Lichen (Xanthoria parietina)

Great-crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus)

Burnet Larva with Ectoparasitic Hymenopteran Larva

Kidney Vetch (Anthyllis vulneraria)

Pyramidal Orchid (Anacamptis pyramidalis) (1072)

Purple or Yarrow Broomrape (Orobanche purpurea)

Large Red Damselfly (Pyrrhosoma nymphula)

Garden-cross Spider (Araneus diadematus)

Galls of Acalitus stenaspis on Beech Leaves

Leaf-roll Galls (Myzus cerasi) on Cherry

A Hoverfly (Helophilus pendulus)

A Long-horned Beetle (Leptura quadrifasciata)

Seven-spot Ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) Parasitised by Dinocampus coccinellae

Red-necked Footman (Atolmis rubricollis)

Redwing (Turdus iliacus)

Gadwall (Anas strepera)

Female Eurasian Teal (Anas crecca)

Hieroglyphic Ladybirds (Coccinella hieroglyphica)

Gold Striped Tortoise Beetle (Cassida nobilis)

European Cave Spider (Meta menardi) Egg-case

Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)

Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla)

Leaf Blotch Miner Moth (Acrocercops brongniardella)

Mite (Eriophyes similis) Galls on Blackthorn Leaves

Firethorn Leaf Miner (Phyllonorycter leucographella) (1044)

Sawfly (Heterarthrus aceris) Leafmine on Sycamore

Galls on Turkey Oak

Cobalt Crust (Terana caerulea)

Male Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)

Brown Hawker Dragonfly (Aeshna grandis)

Migrant Hawker Dragonfly (Aeshna mixta)

Lesser Celandine (Ranunculus ficaria) in Flower

Ash (Fraxinus excelsior) in Flower

A Gall of the Gall Midge (Contarinia tiliarum)

Mute Swans (Cygnus olor) with Young

Sea Buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides) In Fruit

Mute Swan (Cygnus olor) Eggs

Eurasian Coot (Fulica atara) Juvenile

Coot (Fulica atra) (883)

Jackdaw (Corvus monedula) (882)

Great Horsetail (Equisetum telmateia)

Cut Trough Shells

Tachina ursina (835)

Tachina ursina (834)

Rhyzobius chrysomeloides (833)

Rhyzobius chrysomeloides (832)

Speckled Bush-cricket (Leptophyes punctatissima)

Common Field Grasshopper (813)

Ectoedemia septembrella mines on Tall Tutsan leaves

Water Shrew (Neomys fodiens)

Lion's-mane Jellyfish (Cyanea capillata)

Blue Butterflies on Dung

Diprion pini (Sawfly larva)

Poplar Hawk-moth (Laothoe populi) (440)

Meadow Grasshopper (Chorthippus parallelus)

Eyed Hawk-moth (Smerinthus ocellata) (283)

Common or Viviparous Lizard (Lacerta vivipara) (220)

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Author: Paul Quigley

Created on: Saturday 5 January 2013

Posted on: Thursday 20 April 2023

Visits: 3395

Albums: Lichens / Fungi / Moulds

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Canon Canon EOS 550D

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