Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Basidiomycetes
Order: Agaricales Family: Hydnangiaceae
Species: Laccaria amethystina Cooke
Synonyms: Agaricus amethysteus
Agaricus amethystinus
Laccaria amethystea
Laccaria laccata var. amethystina
Omphalia amethysteus
Common Name: Amethyst Deceiver
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Laccaria amethystinaPhotographer: © David Mitchel
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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Fagus sylvatica (43)
Quercus (18)
Corylus avellana (11)
Quercus petraea (8)
Betula pubescens (3)
Larix (2)
Tilia (2)
Beech (1)
Fagus sylvatica subsp. purpurea (1)
Picea sitchensis (1)
Pinus contorta (1)
Pseudotsuga menziesii (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (38)
Woodland: mixed (26)
Neutral grassland: semi-improved (14)
Woodland (11)
Parkland and scattered trees (10)
Woodland: coniferous, plantation (9)
Built up area, domestic (6)
Woodland: broadleaved (6)
Woodland: broadleaved, plantation (5)
Grassland: calcareous, semi-improved, upland (4)
Scrub (4)
Marsh/marshy grassland (3)
Neutral grassland (2)
Woodland: mixed, plantation, high forest (2)
Woodland: plantation (2)
Bog (1)
Boundaries: defunct hedge (1)
Calcareous grassland: unimproved (1)
Grassland: acidic, semi-improved, upland (1)
Parkland and scattered trees: broadleaved (1)
Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (1)
Woodland: broadleaved, plantation, high forest (1)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural, coppice with standards (1)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural, high forest (1)
Woodland: coniferous (1)
Woodland: mixed, plantation (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Soil (42)
Soil Leaves (36)
Soil Mossy (22)
Soil Grassy (14)
Soil bare (5)
Soil Needle (5)
Stump (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
June (2)
July (4)
August (20)
September (64)
October (90)
November (25)