Phylum: Basidiomycota	Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales	Family: Hydnangiaceae
Species: Laccaria amethystina Cooke

Synonyms:

Agaricus amethysteus Agaricus amethystinus Agaricus lividopurpureus Clitocybe amethystea Laccaria amethystea Laccaria laccata var. amethystea Laccaria laccata var. amethystina Omphalia amethystea Twyllwr Piws

Common Name:

Amethyst Deceiver

British Red Data List (2006): Near Threatened

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records: Fagus sylvatica (114) Quercus (24) Corylus avellana (15) Quercus petraea (9) Picea (3) Betula pubescens (3) Tilia (2) Fagus sylvatica subsp. purpurea (1) Larix (1) Picea abies (1) Picea sitchensis (1) Pinus contorta (1) Pseudotsuga menziesii (1) Betula (1) Betula pendula (1) Quercus robur (1)

Habitat (where recorded) & number of records: Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (45) Woodland and scrub (32) Woodland (26) Woodland: mixed (24) Parkland and scattered trees (15) Neutral grassland: semi-improved (13) Woodland: coniferous, plantation (9) Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (6) Woodland: broadleaved (6) Woodland: mixed, semi-natural (6) Built up area, domestic (5) Woodland: broadleaved, plantation (5) Grassland: calcareous, semi-improved, upland (4) Scrub (4) Woodland: mixed, plantation (4) Marsh/marshy grassland (3) Woodland: mixed, plantation, high forest (2) Woodland: plantation (2) Bog (1) Boundaries: defunct hedge (1) Boundaries: hedge with trees (1) Calcareous grassland: unimproved (1) Grassland and marsh (1) Grassland: acidic, semi-improved, upland (1) Neutral grassland (1) Parkland and scattered trees: broadleaved (1) Woodland: broadleaved, plantation, high forest (1) Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural, coppice with standards (1) Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural, high forest (1) Woodland: coniferous (1)

Substrate (where recorded) & number of records: Soil (115) Soil Leaves (41) Soil Mossy (18) Leaf Litter (16) Soil Grassy (14) Litter (5) Soil Needle (5) Moss (1) Stump (1) Tree (1)

Months recorded in & number of records: January (7) June (3) July (7) August (45) September (91) October (159) November (25)