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PFLHI001 - 7 reproductive bodies of fungus identified as Coprinopsis pulchricaerulia. One group of two (one older, one fresher specimen), one group of three (two older and one newer), one broken from substrate with damage from something eating it, one small one also broken. Older mushrooms darker in colour, a blue green in the range #00628E while younger mushrooms are a lighter royal blue in the range #1B6AF9.

Two large specimens found about eight feet apart. One nested in an old pipe and the other in a pile of rubble. They seemed to change color a bit when excited or aggravated by other fish which was really cool!

23 left valves, 58 right valves.

All found at the edge of the surf on a moderately low tide, in a fairly short strech of beach around the Rio Del Mar Seawall. There were so many, at one point I bent down once to pick up 4! This is very unusual, I typically would find 0-2 of these in that stretch of beach - where it seems most abundant around here. Could that species be experiencing a die off?