Amethyst Deceiver

– Cap convex to expanded, umbilicate, dry, scurfy, violet, fading in dry weather.
– Gills adnate to slightly decurrent, violet.
– Stem thin-fleshed, violet, often pale longitudinally fibrillose.

Grows mainly with oak and beech in deciduous forest, but also occurs in coniferous forest.

Sometimes stated as edible, but may contain elevated levels of arsenic and is therefore not recommended as an edible mushroom.