Phylum: Basidiomycota	Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales	Family: Mycenaceae
Species: Mycena pura (Pers.) P. Kumm.

Synonyms:

Agaricus pseudopurus Agaricus purpureus Agaricus purus Agaricus purus ? purpureus Bonet Lelog Gymnopus purus Gymnopus purus ß purpureus Mycena carnea Mycena pseudopura Mycena pura f. alba Mycena pura f. purpurea Mycena pura f. roseoviolacea Mycena pura f. violacea Mycena pura var. alba Mycena pura var. carnea Mycena pura var. ianthina Mycena pura var. pura Mycena pura var. purpurea Mycena pura var. roseoviolacea Mycena pura var. violacea Prunulus purus

Common Name:

Lilac Bonnet

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records: Fagus sylvatica (93) Corylus avellana (13) Quercus (12) Betula (7) Crataegus monogyna (7) Fraxinus excelsior (5) Acer pseudoplatanus (4) Pinus (2) Betula pubescens (2) Acer (2) Larix (2) Picea sitchensis (2) Taxus baccata (1) Quercus petraea (1) Quercus ilex (1) Pinopsida (1) Aesculus hippocastanum (1) Picea (1) Poaceae (1)

Habitat (where recorded) & number of records: Woodland (42) Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (41) Woodland and scrub (33) Woodland: mixed (25) Neutral grassland: semi-improved (17) Parkland and scattered trees (16) Woodland: broadleaved (11) Woodland: coniferous, plantation (8) Built up area, domestic (7) Grassland and marsh (7) Calcareous grassland (6) Calcareous grassland: unimproved (6) Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (6) Marsh/marshy grassland (5) Woodland: mixed, semi-natural (5) Scrub (4) Woodland: broadleaved, plantation (4) Woodland: mixed, plantation (3) Woodland: plantation (3) Acid grassland: semi-improved (2) Poor semi-improved (2) Acid grassland (1) Bare ground (1) Boundaries: hedge with trees, species-rich (1) Coastland: grey dunes (1) Grassland: acidic, unimproved, lowland (1) Grassland: calcareous, lowland (1) Grassland: calcareous, semi-improved, upland (1) Grassland: calcareous, upland (1) Parkland and scattered trees: broadleaved (1) Sand-dune (1) Sand-dune: dune scrub (1) Scrub: dense/continuous, neutral (1) Wet dwarf shrub heath (1) Wet heath/acid grassland (1) Woodland: coniferous (1) Woodland: mixed, plantation, high forest (1)

Substrate (where recorded) & number of records: Soil (82) Soil Leaves (72) Leaf Litter (29) Soil Grassy (18) Soil Mossy (6) Dead Wood (5) Soil Needle (4) Litter (3) Fallen log (1) Needles (1) Rotting Wood (1) Tree (1)

Months recorded in & number of records: January (8) February (1) March (6) April (1) May (6) June (7) July (10) August (30) September (67) October (160) November (60) December (5)