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Laccaria amethystina
A small brightly colored, edible mushroom, that grows in deciduous as well as coniferous forests. Because its bright amethyst coloration fades with age and weathering, it becomes difficult to identify, hence the common name ‘Deceiver’. This common name is shared with its close relation Laccaria laccata that also fades and weathers. It is found mainly in Northern temperate zones, though it is reported to occur in tropical Central and South America as well. Recently, some of the other species in the genus have been given the common name of "deceiver".
Spotted on Oct 10, 2012
Submitted on Oct 10, 2012
45 Comments (1–25)
This is mind blowing
Thank you Leana and Daniel
COOL
VERY COOL!!!!!!
Congratulations Lars!
Thanks a lot :)
Your hard work has paid off, Lars! Congratulations! Enjoying all your photos and fungus at your FB page. This is a stunning color. It seems like a rare color in nature. I certainly haven't seen purple. Wonderful series.
Congratulations for the SOTD!
Thanks again to all
Beautiful Laccaria, Lars. Congratulations
SOOO pretty!
Gorgeous!
Wow!!! Wonderful violet!
Nice one Lars!
Thank you all a lot :)
Congratulations Lars :)
Congrats Lars! This is one beautiful and unique spotting.
Felicitaciones desde Costa Rica por el SOTD.
I wish I could keep it on my table. It's lovely! Congrats Lars. :)
Oh - I am surprised. :)
Thanks a lot for featuring a shroom again as a SOTD - the fungi world deserves a bit more attention.
This one is just one example of the stunning diversity of shapes, colors and benefits fungi come along with. I learned to love shooting them.
Thanks again for featuring and all the nice comments.
SOTD ,one more Lars :) great work,congrats again
Congratulations Lars! What an other-worldly mushroom, fantastic.
Awesome and absolutely deserving SOTD:))
Beautiful spotting LARS, love the color, congrats!!!!!!
Congrats Lars. Amazing coloured mushroom.
Hey LarsKolb,
Amazing spotting, can you tagg my mission with the mushroom?
Many thanks!
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