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Tall violet agaric by the stone wall
Cortinarius or Laccaria Genus
Angles captured. Three frames — one from above and two low obliques showing the gills.
Morphology
One tall fruitbody. Cap 7–9 cm, pale grey-violet with a darker centre, broadly convex, smooth. Gills violet-brown, close. Stipe long and slender, 10–12 cm.
Habitat & substrate
Leaf litter below a stone wall and boulder field, hay-scented fern alongside.
Lookalikes & what rules them out
Laccaria has thick, distant, waxy gills; Cortinarius thinner and closer with a rusty print. Several frames here show close thin gills with a dull pinkish-brown cast, favouring Cortinarius.
To confirm this identification
A single spore print settles every violet entry in the guide at once.
Notes
Briefly split into two entries on the assumption that the litter frames and the fern frames were different fruitbodies. They are one mushroom.
Found at Wachusett Meadow Wildlife Sanctuary, Princeton, MA on Saturday, 8 August 2026 at 10:32. See the full walk for that day's weather and everything else recorded.
Others in this group
Violet cortCortinarius sp. · Jul 31Moderate–high
Violet agarics on a red eroded bankCortinarius or Laccaria · Aug 6Moderate
Violet agaric in pine litterCortinarius or Laccaria · Aug 6Moderate
Violet agaric, collected and examinedCortinarius or Laccaria · Aug 6Moderate
Violet agarics scattered on a hillsideCortinarius or Laccaria · Aug 6Moderate
Violet agaric beside a mossy logCortinarius or Laccaria · Aug 6Moderate
Violet agarics along a fallen logCortinarius or Laccaria · Aug 6Moderate
Violet agarics on a mossy decaying logCortinarius or Laccaria · Aug 8Moderate