Laccaria amethysteo-occidentalis

Laccaria amethysteo-occidentalis is a mushroom found under conifers, usually pine, growing alone, scattered or gregariously in western North America.[2]

Laccaria amethysteo-occidentalis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Hydnangiaceae
Genus: Laccaria
Species:
L. amethysteo-occidentalis
Binomial name
Laccaria amethysteo-occidentalis
Mueller, 1984
Synonyms
Laccaria laccata var. amethysteo-occidentalis (Cooke) Rea
Laccaria amethystea-occidentalis[1]
Laccaria amethysteo-occidentalis
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Gills on hymenium
Cap is convex or depressed
Hymenium is adnate or decurrent
Stipe is bare
Spore print is white
Ecology is mycorrhizal
Edibility is edible

Description

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The cap is 1–7 cm in width.[3]

The gills are purple.[4] The mushroom is edible.[1]

Spores are 7.5–10.5 x 7–16 μm, subglobose or broadly elliptical. The spore print is white.

Similar species

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This species is similar to L. amethystina but differs by occurring than hard wood forest and in Eastern North America, rather than conifers forest; having a smaller sporocarp; and being a lighter purple color.[citation needed] L. bicolor is smaller and less purplish; L. laccata has whitish mycelium at its base.[5] Cortinarius violaceus is darker and has a less fibrillose stipe.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b Phillips, Roger (2010). Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America. Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books. p. 6. ISBN 978-1-55407-651-2.
  2. ^ Muller, 1984.
  3. ^ Michael Wood & Fred Stevens (2015). "California Fungi—Laccaria amethysteo-occidentalis". Retrieved 2016-01-21.
  4. ^ Michael Kuo (2015). "Laccaria amethysteo-occidentalis". Retrieved 2016-01-21.
  5. ^ a b Trudell, Steve; Ammirati, Joe (2009). Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest. Timber Press Field Guides. Portland, OR: Timber Press. pp. 110–111. ISBN 978-0-88192-935-5.

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