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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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Agaricales |
Family: | Hydnangiaceae |
Genus: | Laccaria |
Species: | L. amethysteo-occidentalis
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Binomial name | |
Laccaria amethysteo-occidentalis Mueller, 1984
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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
editThe 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
editThis 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
edit- ^ a b Phillips, Roger (2010). Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America. Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books. p. 6. ISBN 978-1-55407-651-2.
- ^ Muller, 1984.
- ^ Michael Wood & Fred Stevens (2015). "California Fungi—Laccaria amethysteo-occidentalis". Retrieved 2016-01-21.
- ^ Michael Kuo (2015). "Laccaria amethysteo-occidentalis". Retrieved 2016-01-21.
- ^ 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.
Further reading
edit- Mueller, Gregory M. (1984). "New North American species of Laccaria (Agaricales)". Mycotaxon. 20 (1): 101–116. (Archived at: CYBERLIBER: an Electronic Library for Mycology.)
External links
edit- Media related to Laccaria amethysteo-occidentalis at Wikimedia Commons
- Data related to Laccaria amethysteo-occidentalis at Wikispecies