Laccaria amethysteo-occidentalis

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Laccaria amethysteo-occidentalis
Scientific classification File:OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
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
Gills on hymenium
File:Convex cap icon.svg File:Depressed cap icon.svgCap is convex or depressed
File:Adnate gills icon2.svg File:Decurrent gills icon2.svgHymenium is adnate or decurrent
File:Bare stipe icon.svgStipe is bare
Spore print is white
File:Mycorrhizal fungus.svgEcology is mycorrhizal
Edibility is edible

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

Description

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

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

  1. 1.0 1.1 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. 5.0 5.1 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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