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Violet agarics on a mossy decaying log
Cortinarius or Laccaria Genus
Angles captured. One wide locating shot from up the slope, then three close views.
Morphology
Two or more small fruitbodies, caps 2–4 cm, saturated violet, convex. Stipes slender, pale violet. A pale speckled puffball sits alongside in the wide frame.
Habitat & substrate
Moss and litter along a decaying log at the base of a slope.
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. The blewit (Collybia nuda, long Lepista nuda; pale pinkish print) and Laccaria ochropurpurea are both common violet lookalikes here and stay on the list until a print exists.
To confirm this identification
A print from this collection settles this collection. The violet entries span four sites and three months; treating them as one species is exactly the assumption a print exists to test. Rusty brown = Cortinarius, white = Laccaria, pale pink = blewit.
Notes
The wide frame (#4381) was taken 42 minutes before the close-ups — the trail loops back past this spot.
Found at Goodnow Rd area, Princeton, MA on Saturday, 8 August 2026 at 09:26. See the full walk for that day's weather and everything else recorded.
Others in this group
Violet cortCortinarius sp. · Jul 31Moderate
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
Large violet agaric by a fallen logCortinarius or Laccaria · Aug 8Moderate