"Richard Wright" wrote in message
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On Sat, 1 Jan 2005 12:18:09 -0000, "dean"
wrote:

Hi all, just a quick question. I found this fungi growing beside my
compost
heap in my UK garden yesterday. It is purple in colour and measures about
2.5 inches tall. Can anyone help me to identify it? Thanx in advance.
D
http://img127.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img1...=purple2ot.jpg


It looks like Lepista nuda. In English the name is Wood Blewitt.

I will second Lepista nuda, a name I love because it sounds so obscene. See:
http://www.funghiitaliani.it/foto/nuda/2.jpg for another picture.

See also this article http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/toms_fungi/nov98.html,
which discusses other purple mushrooms as well as Lepista nuda.


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