Laccaria bicolor  — Bicolored Deceiver — Hydnangiaceae

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Small mushroom. Cap convex, becoming plane with a shallow central depression at maturity; surface dry, with a scattering of minute scales, pinkish-brown. Gills broadly attached, thick, purplish but soon fading to light brown. Stalk slender, equal, less fibrous than other laccarias, orange-brown; with a conspicuous purplish mycelium at the base. Mycorrhizal.
 
Habitat:  In small groups in conifer forests.
 
Scent: Mild

Spores: White

Season: Autumn

Convex cap becoming plane
Robin Hill Park

Tough, tall stalk
Robin Hill Park

Pinkish gills
Robin Hill Park