Laccaria amethystea (Bull. ex Mérat) Murr. syn. L. laccata var. amethystina ([Huds.] Cke.) Rea Violetter Lacktrichterling Clitocybe laqué améthyste Amethyst deceiver. Cap 1–6cm across, convex to flattened or centrally depressed, deep purplish-lilac when moist drying pale lilac-buff, surface slightly scurfy at centre especially with age. Stem 40–100 x 5–10mm, concolorous with stem, covered in whitish fibres below but mealy near the apex, base covered in lilac down, passing into the lilac mycelium. Flesh thin, tinged lilac, stem becoming hollow. Taste and smell not distinctive. Gills often distant, concolorous with cap, becoming powdered white. Spore print white. Spores globose, spiny, 9–11um in diameter. Habitat coniferous or deciduous woods, often with beech. Season late summer to early winter. Very common. Edible. (Never eat any mushroom until you are certain it is edible as many are poisonous and some are deadly poisonous.) Distribution, common in Europe uncommon in north America apparently restricted almost entirely to eastern north America. Season August-September. Edible.