Description ⁵

CAP 2.5-8 cm; convex when young, becoming broadly convex or more or less flat; sticky when fresh or wet; with a streaked appearance from stretched-out, pinkish purple, appressed fibers; pinkish red to purplish red, but lighter toward the margin; the margin inrolled when young. GILLS attached to the stem or beginning to run down it; close or nearly distant; white when young, becoming somewhat pinkish and developing purplish or reddish spots and discolorations; waxy; when young covered by a whitish, hairy or tissuelike partial veil. STEM 3-7 cm long; 1-2 cm thick; equal, or with a tapering base; dry; frequently with a fragile purplish ring or ring zone, but also frequently without evidence of the veil when mature; colored like the cap or a little paler; not discoloring yellowish. FLESH white; unchanging. ODOR not distinctive. TASTE not distinctive, or slightly bitter. KOH on cap surface erasing purple shades, becoming grayish to yellowish gray.

SIMILAR H. capreolarius

https://www.mushroomexpert.com/hygrophorus_purpurascens.html
http://www.svims.ca/council/Hygrop.htm

Summary ⁶

Hygrophorus purpurascens, commonly known as the veiled purple hygrophorus, is a species of agaric fungus in the family Hygrophoraceae. Its cap has a pink background color with streaks of purplish red overlaid, and mature gills have red spots.

Fontes e Créditos

1. (c) Drew Parker, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-SA), https://images.mushroomobserver.org/640/148096.jpg
2. (c) Damon Tighe, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-NC), enviado por Damon Tighe
3. (c) Christian Schwarz, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-NC), enviado por Christian Schwarz
4. (c) Carlos G Velazco-Macias, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-NC), enviado por Carlos G Velazco-Macias
5. (c) W.Coyote, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-SA)
6. Adaptado por W.Coyote de uma obra de (c) Wikipedia, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hygrophorus_purpurascens

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