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Cystolepiota bucknallii.   Click a photo to enlarge it.   back to list

synonyms: Lilac Dapperling, Violetter Schirmpilz
Lepiota bucknallii Mushroom
Ref No: 9383
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location: Europe
edibility: Poisonous/Suspect
fungus colour: Violet or purple
normal size: Less than 5cm
cap type: Convex to shield shaped
stem type: Stem much longer than cap diameter
flesh: Flesh discolours when cut, bruised or damaged, Mushroom has distinct or odd smell (non mushroomy)
spore colour: White, cream or yellowish
habitat: Grows on the ground

Cystolepiota bucknallii (Berk. & Br.) Singer & Clémençon syn. Lepiota bucknallii (Berk. & Br.) Sacc. syn. Cystoderma bucknallii (Berk. & Br.) Sing. Lépiote de Bucknall, Violetter Schirmpilz Lilac Dapperling. Cap 2–4cm across, umbonate, mealy, whitish with a tinge of lilac-violet when young. Stem 20–45 x 3–5mm, mealy, pale at the apex becoming purple-violet below at least on bruising. Flesh thin, whitish to lilac. Smell strongly of gas-tar. Gills free, cream. Cheilocystidia undifferentiated. Spore print white. Spores elongate ellipsoid, weakly dextrinoid, 7.5–10 x 3–3.5um. Mealy surface of cap formed of thin-walled spherical cells. Habitat in damp deciduous woods. Season autumn. Uncommon. Possibly poisonous. Found In Europe.
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