A worldwide community photographing and learning about wildlife
Laccaria amethystina
I have never before seen a mushroom this pretty a shade of mauve...purple? Stem is the same colour as the cap.
Woodland habitat; growing amidst grass...last photo.
Thank you, Mauron. I often see beautiful spottings on PN and wonder if I will ever see these in real life...and wonder of wonders, sometimes I do. Like this one. Many thanks once again for the ID.
Thank you maplemoth662. I had never seen a mushroom in this colour, before.
Sorry Mark, this was taken during my UK trip and before a discussion I had on PN after which I was convinced that breaking the mushroom (because I do not have mirror handy) to shoot the undersurface actually spread the spores...next time I surely will.