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Laccaria ochropurpurea
Large, white to gray-capped mushroom with striking purple gills. Stipe is also white to gray and fairly smooth. Spore print is white. Laccaria ochropurpurea is mycorrhizal with hardwoods (and some conifers).
Top of forest ridge, growing in leaf litter, decaying wood, and moss (under chestnut oak trees). In a dense mixed hardwood forest in Northwest Georgia.
Spotted on Nov 3, 2017
Submitted on Nov 4, 2017
2 Comments
Christine, thank you! I fell in love with it immediately! <3
Beautiful color!