Amethyst mushroom

The practice of collecting wild edible plants and mushrooms has been around for centuries, with people in many parts of the world relying on them for sustenance.

Amethyst mushrooms. Elaeomyxa Cerifera, identified in 1942. This fungi's fruiting structures split open to release spores which sparkle like a disco ball. It looks like a whole Galaxy in a single mushroom.

“Elaeomyxa Cerifera, “amethyst mushrooms””

“These are Amethyst slime molds which are often less than a millimetre tall. Using a microscope lens that magnifies them by up to 20x their actual size, they look like tiny galaxies in natures neatest form.”

Amethyst Deceiver Laccaria amethystina Discover the Wild mushroom guide for identifying mushrooms in the UK, their edibility, habitat, distribution, Common. 8–11.5µm, usually round. Discover the Wild

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Laccaria amethystina, commonly known as the Amethyst Deceiver is a small brightly colored, edible mushroom, that grows in deciduous as well as coniferous forests. Because its bright amethyst coloration fades with age and weathering, it becomes difficult to identify, hence the common name ‘Deceiver’. It is found mainly in Northern temperate zones