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Lepista nuda
Lilac-pink, sticky cap that was approximately 7 cm wide. It was dark pinkish-purple in the middle, and lighter pink around the margin of the cap. The margin was slightly inrolled. Gills were white/lilac and were close/crowded. Stem was lilac and white.
Spotted growing on the ground in a deciduous forest next to rotting wood.
Lepista nuda sends out hyphae into the soil, which penetrate bacterial colonies and kill them by sucking up their nutrients.
Spotted on Nov 19, 2017
Submitted on Nov 23, 2017
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