Hygrophorus lewellinae Kalchbr. Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales 7: 105 (1883)

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Distinctive pale violet, delicate, waxy-looking mushroom with a turgid stalk and a tendency for the cap to split radially.

• Pileus/cap

  Small (to 30 mm), conical to plane, not viscid, pale lilac becoming tan.

• Lamellae/gills

  Same colour as cap, whitish near the stem.

• Stipe/stem

  Up to 60mm long, similar to cap colour, waxy or turgid in appearance.

• Volva

  Absent

• Ring

  Absent

• Smell

• Spores

  Spore print white.

• Habitat

  On the ground in sand or leaf litter, amongst undergrowth in closed forest.

• References

  Fuhrer, B. Field Companion to Australian Fungi p. 48

Distribution map

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