Amethyst Deceiver (Laccaria amethystina)

Amethyst Deceiver (Laccaria amethystina).
This mushroom is called deceiver because the bright amethyst coloration fades with age and weathering, it becomes difficult to identify, hence the common name ‘Deceiver’.

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Laura Howard

Bullet Ant

This is just too cool, you should come to Belize and look at all the mushrooms in the jungle that surrounds Pook's Hill Lodge, I was SHOCKED...I was with a woman who specialize (like you might) in photographs of fungus, very cool! Posted 13 years ago

Laura Howard

Bullet Ant

Where is this found? Posted 13 years ago
1. Joost Thissen
  
  Lion
  
  This picture is taken at the 'teteringse heide', a forest near the town of Breda in the Netherlands (Holland) en Europe. Only 8800km/5500miles from the lodge ;)
  I have indeed heard good stories about Belize and Costa Rica and they are on my list of 'to visit' countries already. Too bad the distance makes it difficult to just pay a fast visit. Posted 13 years ago, modified 13 years ago

Ludo Sak

Lion

Joost, a stunning picture. Did you do any postprocessing to it? In my oppinion great bokeh and impressive colour composition. Posted 13 years ago

The Amethyst Deceiver

"Laccaria amethystina", commonly known as the Amethyst Deceiver is a small brightly colored, edible mushroom, that grows in deciduous as well as coniferous forests. Because its bright amethyst coloration fades with age and weathering, it becomes difficult to identify, hence the common name ‘Deceiver’.

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Similar species: Agaricales

Species identified by Ferdy Christant