Lilac Domecap

Calocybe ionides

Deciduous forests. Summer, autumn.

Fruiting bodies small. Cap 3-5 cm across, flattened, depressed, matt, violet, brownish-blue-violet, the surface roughish. Gills white, cream, crowded, adnate. Stem 3-5x0.5-1 cm, fibrous, the colour of the cap. Flesh white, with a violet tinge, thin, with a mealy smell, not bitter. Characteristic features: fruiting bodies bluish, with a mealy smell, growing singly in deciduous forests; an indicator of calcareous soil. Grows in deciduous forests, likes the company of oak, linden and hornbeam. Rare, protected. Edible, of low value, but too delicate; it should not be touched.