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 Laccaria laccata
SynonymsAgaricus laccatus
BiostatusPresent in region - Origin uncertain
Article: Massee, G.E. (1899) [1898]. The fungus flora of New Zealand. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 31: 282–349 Wellington:.
Description: Pileus thin, convex., then expanded, often more or less wavy and irregular, umbilicate, even,
hygrophanous, very minutely and densely squamulose, due to the breaking-up of the cuticle,
clear violet or rich brown when moist, whitish when dry, 2-6 cm. across ; gills broadly
adnate, distant, coloured like the pileus, at length white and mealy with the spores, thick;
spores globose, warted, 8-9 µ, diameter; stem 5-9 cm. long, 3-4 mm. thick, equal, fibrous,
tough, coloured like the pileus, stuffed.
Habitat: On the ground, in woods.
Distribution: Dannevirke, New Zealand. Australia, Tasmania, Asia, Africa,
Europe, United States.
Notes: An exceedingly variable, at the same time very marked and distinct, fungus. In some
specimens the pileus is clear violet or amethyst when moist, in others a deep rich brown ; a
white form has also been described. It has been proposed to raise these different coloured
specimens to specific rank, but as colour is the only distinctive factor this proposal has not
been generally followed. The stem and gills are always coloured like the pileus. Its distinctive
features are the umbilicate pileus minutely broken up into squamules and the mealy gills.
Article: Horak, E. (1971). A contribution towards the revision of the Agaricales (Fungi) from New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 9(3): 403-462 (http://www.rsnz.org/publish/abstracts.php).
Notes: All species of this genus occurring in New Zealand are being studied by McNabb.
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