Bolbitius reticulatus

Appearance

Cap: 1.5-5 cm; broadly bell-shaped to broadly convex, becoming flat; fragile; purple, grayish, or lilac gray; the center usually darker than the edge; slimy; smooth; strongly lined, often nearly all the way to the center.

Gills: Free from the stem or very narrowly attached to it; close or nearly crowded; whitish, becoming faintly pinkish, then rusty cinnamon.

Stem: 3-7 cm long; up to about .5 cm thick; equal; hollow; finely scaly, powdery, or finely hairy; white.

Flesh: Insubstantial; whitish.

Odor: Not distinctive.

Spore Print: Rusty brown.

Distribution

North America

Habitat

Saprobic, decomposing the dead wood of hardwoods--logs, sticks, woodchips, and so on; growing alone or scattered