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Amethyst Deceiver

Notes:

Found in Bialowesia (sp? can't remember) National Park in Poland.

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Amethyst Deceiver
Laccaria amethystina Laccaria amethystina


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9 Comments

Jellis
Jellis 11 years ago

Beautiful mushroom
If you add the scientific name it will remove it from the Unknown section
Laccaria amethystina

Ivan Rodriguez
Ivan Rodriguez 11 years ago

Words just don't do this justice; you are quite fortunate to find and photograph this phenomenal mushroom. Congrats! :)

patty
patty 11 years ago

beauty

LucBertrand
LucBertrand 11 years ago

very nice !!!!!

MihaiER
MihaiER 12 years ago

In the reference says it's edible, but with such colors I don't think I will try....
Great shoot!

LarsKorb
LarsKorb 12 years ago

yep, it's an Amethyst Deceiver - pretty large, btw - nice catch

Beelover
Beelover 12 years ago

Whoa cool! Never seen a mushroom that vivid of a color!

Carolina
Carolina 12 years ago

I agree, Alice!

alicelongmartin
alicelongmartin 12 years ago

What amazing color!

tiffanypr
Spotted by
tiffanypr

Vogtei, Thüringen, Germany

Spotted on Jan 25, 2005
Submitted on Jan 26, 2012

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