#Amethyst deceiver

[denimgrei]

"Laccaria Amethystina" commonly known as Amethyst Deceiver. 💜🍄

An edible mushroom and usually found in all types of woodlands. The stunning bright purple color signifies its youth, but it fades to pale brown or tan with age and weathering. Because of fading, it could easily be confused with the potentially deadly Lilac Fibrecap. 💜💀

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My first entry for Funguary even though the month is almost over, coz I'm always fashionably late lol. It do be like that. 🤷🏻‍♀️😅

[haydn-apprentice]

⋖ Mushrooms ⋗

Names: Devil's tooth, Shaggy mane, Amethyst deceiver, Lion's mane, Werewere-kokako, Veiled lady mushroom

[fungusqueen]

Laccaria amethysteo-occidentalis

[mycoblogg]

FOTD #034 : amethyst deceiver! (laccaria amethystina)

the amethyst deceiver is a mycorrhizal fungus in the family hydnangiaceae. it is found in most temperate areas across europe, asia & central + south + (eastern) north america.

the big question : can i bite it?? yeah !! this fungus is edible, though not necessarily choice.

l. amethystina description :

"the cap is 1–6 cm in diameter, & is initially convex, later flattening, & often with a central depression (navel). when moist it is a deep purplish lilac, which fades upon drying out. it is sometimes slightly scurfy at the center, & has pale striations at the margin. the stem is the same colour as the cap, & has whitish fibrils at the base, which become mealy at the top. it is fibrous, hollow, fairly tough when rolled in the fingers, with dimensions of 0.6 to 7 centimetres (0.24 to 2.76 in) long by 0.1 to 0.7 centimetres (0.039 to 0.276 in) thick. the flesh is without a distinctive taste or smell, & is thin, with pale lilac coloration. the gills are colored as the cap, often quite distantly spaced, & are dusted by the white spores; their attachment to the stem is sinuate—having a concave indentation before attaching to the stem."

[images : source & source] [fungus description : source]

[naowominutella]

I really missed drawing this lill dude

[sitting-on-me-bum]

Oxfordshire, UK

‘Searching for fungi recently, it soon became apparent that autumn has been so mild that even by mid-October the leaves on the trees at Foxholes nature reserve have remained largely in place and very little light was reaching the woodland floor. I found myself focusing on the sunlit islands where the canopy was a little more threadbare and came across this beautiful amethyst deceiver.’

Photograph: Jon Mason

[dansnaturepictures]

Fungi time

As autumn intensifies whole woods, logs, lawns and heaths come alive with enchanting colour, eccentric fruiting bodies of fungal wonders.

The fairytale toadstool, ruby and white-spotted fly agarics spring up, pizza like as they unfurl. Enigmatic pure purple amethyst deceivers and otherworldly devil’s fingers sights to behold; as are mysterious shaggy ink caps that emerge in the grass and warm coloured shaggy scalycaps that huddle around tree bases. Yellow stagshorn, club-like tuning fork and candlesnuff fungi rise into the air. The mighty parasols, complex panthercaps, puffball, earthball and false death caps bring beautiful patterns. It's satisfying to observe bleeding fairy helmets, waxcaps, the meandering patterns of turkey tail; earthstars and eyelash fungi other treasured prizes of captivating fungi watching walks.

[briileaf]

🍄 Funguary 20: Amethyst Deceiver

They're quite vulnerable while juvenile. Mature deceivers will wave their inverted bells wildly to scare off predators. It's surprisingly effective.

[one-fish-a-day]

day 50 & 51 | Funguary Day 19 & 20: Black Trumpet and Amethyst Deceiver

Funguary Chart | Funguary Week Three Chart

[starozoa]

rock candy warrior 💎

[lemondev]

Week 3 of @feefal ‘s Funguary challenge! Amethyst Deceiver 💜 🍄

[fungusqueen]

Laccaria amethyst-occidentalis (Amethyst Deceiver) from right before the pandemic started in 2020. This was actually the last camping trip I've taken so I hope I can do more camping in the near future

[cosmosoddyssey]

Day 19 Black Trumpet / Edible

Day 20 Amethyst Deceiver / Edible

Day 21 Puffball / Edible

And that concludes my truffle hogs for this week.

[colorsoutofearth]

Mushrooms by Guy Edwardes

Top left & top right: Amethyst deceiver (Laccaria amethystina)

Bottom left: Green elf-cup (Chlorosplenium aeruginascens)

Bottom right: Scarletina bolete (Boletus luridiformis)

[naowominutella]

Hear me out: amethyst deceiver + moondrop 🌚

moonshroom

Edible little fella

[egomanfreeman]

The Amethyst deceiver