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Status
Found solitary, scattered, or rarely in clusters of 2-4 on ground in coniferous or mixed woods.
Description
Cap: Light violet to buff (in age), smooth, convex to slightly depressed (in age); flesh white to violet-buff. Gills: Dark to light purple-violet, thick and waxy. Stalk: Light brown or pinkish with longitudinal striations, sometimes an enlarged base (J. Solem, pers. comm.).
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Purple-gilled Laccaria (mature and young fruiting bodies) in Howard Co., Maryland (9/13/2017).
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Joanne Solem.
A Purple-gilled Laccaria (gills and stalk) in Howard Co., Maryland (9/13/2017).
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Joanne Solem.
Purple-gilled Laccaria in Montgomery Co., Maryland (10/12/2018). Determined by Jo Solem.
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Anne Looker.
Purple-gilled Laccaria in Montgomery Co., Maryland (10/12/2018). Determined by Jo Solem.
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Anne Looker.
Purple-gilled Laccaria (fruiting body) in Howard Co., Maryland (8/7/2009).
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Robert Solem.
Purple-gilled Laccaria in Howard Co., Maryland (10/14/2018). (c) Joanne and Robert Solem, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Joanne Solem.
Purple-gilled Laccaria in Howard Co., Maryland (10/14/2018). (c) Joanne and Robert Solem, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Joanne Solem.
Purple-gilled Laccaria in Howard Co., Maryland (10/14/2018). (c) Joanne and Robert Solem, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Joanne Solem.
Purple-gilled Laccaria (gills and old caps) in Howard Co., Maryland (8/7/2009).
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Joanne Solem.
Purple-gilled Laccaria in Worcester Co., Maryland (10/21/2014).
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Lance Biechele.
Purple-gilled Laccaria in Montgomery Co., Maryland (10/28/2020). (c) wearethechampignons, some rights reserved (CC BY).
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wearethechampignons via iNaturalist.
Purple-gilled Laccaria in Montgomery Co., Maryland (10/28/2020). (c) wearethechampignons, some rights reserved (CC BY).
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wearethechampignons via iNaturalist.
Purple-gilled Laccaria in Prince George's Co., Maryland (10/24/2020). (c) Matthew Beziat, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Matthew Beziat.
Purple-gilled Laccaria in Prince George's Co., Maryland (10/24/2020). (c) Matthew Beziat, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Matthew Beziat.
Spores collected from a Purple-gilled Laccaria specimen found in Howard Co., Maryland (9/25/2011).
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Robert Solem.
Purple-gilled Laccaria spores collected in Howard Co., Maryland (9/13/2017). Round, warted; measured 6.6-7.4 microns.
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Robert Solem.
Spores collected from a Purple-gilled Laccaria specimen in Howard Co., Maryland (10/14/2018). (c) Joanne and Robert Solem, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Source: Wikipedia
Laccaria ochropurpurea | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Agaricales |
Family: | Hydnangiaceae |
Genus: | Laccaria |
Species: | L. ochropurpurea
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Binomial name | |
Laccaria ochropurpurea (Berk.) Peck, 1896
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Laccaria ochropurpurea is an edible mushroom found under hardwood and conifers east of the Rocky Mountains.[1][2] The pileus ranges from 4–13 centimetres (1+1⁄2–5 in) wide and the stipe from 5–19 centimetres (2–7+1⁄2 in) long.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Phillips, Roger (2010). Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America. Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books. p. 68. ISBN 978-1-55407-651-2.
- ^ Michael Kuo (2015). "Laccaria ochropurpurea". Retrieved 2016-01-21.
- ^ Miller Jr., Orson K.; Miller, Hope H. (2006). North American Mushrooms: A Field Guide to Edible and Inedible Fungi. Guilford, CN: FalconGuide. p. 106. ISBN 978-0-7627-3109-1.
External links
[edit]- Media related to Laccaria ochropurpurea at Wikimedia Commons
- Data related to Laccaria ochropurpurea at Wikispecies