I found this exquisite little purple toadstool on my lunchtime walk in Durham today, growing beside the footpath near Blaid's Wood to the south of the city. I'm pretty sure it's a violet webcap Cortinarius violaceus (unless anyone out there knows better???). Without doubt the most intensely purple pigmented toadstool I've ever seen. It doesn't have much of a 'web' but what remains of it is the white patch on the flank of the cap and the wispy white threads around its rim.
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Brilliant - what a find, Phil. I wish I could find one as colourful as this.
ReplyDeleteWow Phil - what an amazing toadstool! Great picture too.
ReplyDeleteWaw, this mushroom is awesome, the color is amazing, so rare! I've never seen one like that!.. great shot!
ReplyDeleteA real stunner that !
ReplyDeleteJohn
That is quite something... extraordinary!
ReplyDeleteUnusual, to say the least.
ReplyDeleteThe others have said it all. What a find.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful toadstool. A rich colour indeed.
ReplyDeleteHi Emma, I've never found one before ... and I've been foraging for fungi for a long time
ReplyDeleteHi Richard, I'll go back tomorrow and see if the cap has expanded at all, although I suspect the intense colour fades with age..
ReplyDeleteHi Dejemonis sorprender, it literally stopped me in my tracks..
ReplyDeleteHi John, it's been a great autumn for toadstools, but this is the best I've found..
ReplyDeleteHi valerianna, wonderful how nature continually delivers surprises, isn't it?
ReplyDeleteHi lotusleaf, there certainly aren't many toadstools in Britain with that cap colour....
ReplyDeleteHi Adrian, it made my day!
ReplyDeleteNothing beats nature for rich colours, does it Keith. Synthetic dyes can't compete..
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