Distribution: North America and Europe C. cyanophylla usually grows in small groups and can be found in fall on rain-soaked conifer logs, as well as spring and early summer on wet conifer logs exposed by melting snow.
Substrate: rain-soaked conifer logs
Spores: Fall, spring, and early summer
Conservation Status: Not of concern
Long known as Mycena lilacifolia (Peck) A. H. Smith in North America, Chromosera cyanophylla is a beautiful, not uncommon, but often over-looked fungus. In Europe it was formerly known as Omphalina cyanophylla (Fries) Quélet.
Sources: Trudell, Steve and Joe Ammirati. Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest. Portland, Timber Press, Inc. 2009.
PNW Herbaria: Specimen records of Chromosera cyanophylla in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database.
CalPhotos: Chromosera cyanophylla photos.
