Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales Family: Hydnangiaceae
Species: Laccaria amethystina Cooke
Synonyms: Agaricus amethysteus
Agaricus amethystinus
Agaricus lividopurpureus
Clitocybe amethystea
Laccaria laccata var. amethystea
Laccaria laccata var. amethystina
Omphalia amethystea
Common Name: Amethyst Deceiver


British Red Data List (2006): Near Threatened
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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Fagus sylvatica (114)
Quercus (24)
Corylus avellana (15)
Quercus petraea (9)
Picea (3)
Betula pubescens (3)
Tilia (2)
Pseudotsuga menziesii (1)
Picea abies (1)
Quercus robur (1)
Larix (1)
Fagus sylvatica subsp. purpurea (1)
Betula pendula (1)
Betula (1)
Pinus contorta (1)
Picea sitchensis (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (41)
Woodland and scrub (32)
Woodland (26)
Woodland: mixed (24)
Parkland and scattered trees (15)
Neutral grassland: semi-improved (13)
Woodland: coniferous, plantation (9)
Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (6)
Woodland: broadleaved (6)
Woodland: mixed, semi-natural (6)
Built up area, domestic (5)
Woodland: broadleaved, plantation (5)
Grassland: calcareous, semi-improved, upland (4)
Scrub (4)
Woodland: mixed, plantation (4)
Marsh/marshy grassland (3)
Woodland: mixed, plantation, high forest (2)
Woodland: plantation (2)
Bog (1)
Boundaries: defunct hedge (1)
Boundaries: hedge with trees (1)
Calcareous grassland: unimproved (1)
Grassland and marsh (1)
Grassland: acidic, semi-improved, upland (1)
Neutral grassland (1)
Parkland and scattered trees: broadleaved (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)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Soil (115)
Soil Leaves (41)
Soil Mossy (18)
Leaf Litter (16)
Soil Grassy (14)
Litter (5)
Soil Needle (5)
Moss (1)
Stump (1)
Tree (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
January (7)
June (3)
July (7)
August (39)
September (86)
October (151)
November (24)