Amethyst Deceiver

Laccaria amethystea

Deciduous and coniferous forests, parks. Summer, autumn.

Fruiting bodies small. Cap grows up to 5-6 cm across, usually 3-4 cm. Flattened-convex, matt, finely scaly, greyish-blue with a violet tinge. Gills thick, distant, violet, bluish-violet, adnate or subdecurrent. Stem up to 10 cm long and 1 cm thick, the colour of the cap, violet-fibrous at the base. Flesh pale violet, thin, with a mushroomy smell and taste. Characteristic features: greyish-blue mushrooms with a violet tinge. Grows in small groups, sometimes of several dozen fruiting bodies; likes mossy, grassy places. Edible. Uncommon.