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Mycena pura (Pers.) P. Kumm., Führ. Pilzk. (Zwickau): 107 (1871)

Agaricus purpureus Bolton, Hist. fung. Halifax (Huddersfield) 1: 41 (1788)
Agaricus purus Pers., Neues Mag. Bot. 1: 101 (1794)
Agaricus purus γ purpureus (Bolton) Pers., Syn. meth. fung. (Göttingen) 2: 339 (1801)
Gymnopus purus (Pers.) Gray, Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. (London) 1: 608 (1821)
Gymnopus purus β purpureus (Bolton) Gray, Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. (London) 1: 608 (1821)
Mycena pura var. lutea Gillet, Hyménomycètes (Alençon): 283 (1876) [1878]
Mycena pura var. purpurea Gillet, Hyménomycètes (Alençon): 283 (1876) [1878]
Mycena pura var. violacea Gillet, Hyménomycètes (Alençon): 283 (1876) [1878]
Mycena pura var. alba Gillet, Hyménomycètes (Alençon): 283 (1876) [1878]
Agaricus pseudopurus Cooke, Grevillea 10(no. 56): 147 (1882)
Mycena pseudopura (Cooke) Sacc., Syll. fung. (Abellini) 5: 257 (1887)
Mycena pura var. multicolor Bres., Fung. trident. 2: 9, tab. 114 (1892)
Mycena pura var. carnea Rea, Brit. basidiomyc. (Cambridge): 377 (1922)
Mycena pura f. alba (Gillet) Kühner, Encyclop. Mycol. Genre Mycena: 450 (1938)
Mycena pura f. lutea (Gillet) Kühner, Encyclop. Mycol. Genre Mycena: 450 (1938)
Mycena pura f. purpurea (Gillet) Maas Geest., Proc. K. Ned. Akad. Wet. Ser. C, Biol. Med. Sci. 92(4): 498 (1989)
Mycena pura f. violacea (Gillet) Maas Geest., Proc. K. Ned. Akad. Wet. Ser. C, Biol. Med. Sci. 92(4): 498 (1989)

Habitat: On soil or litter in deciduous and conifer woodland, on sand dunes, on shingle beaches and in grassland.

Notes: Very common, and widespread. Macroscopically very variable especially in regard to colour and many varieties have been described. Forms ranging through dark purplish, lilaceous, reddish, rose-pink, pink, pale sky-blue, yellow, and white are noted, often clustered together and probably produced from the same mycelium. There is even a multicoloured form.

Distribution: E: c, S: c, W: c, NI: c, ROI: c, Other: Channel Islands: !; Isle of Man: !

Vouchers: England: K(M) 61422; Scotland: K(M) 104432; Wales: K(M) 104461; NI: K(M) 82690; ROI: K(M) 49527; Other: Isle of Man: K(M) 104453

Descriptions, Lists & Icons:
D+I:, in Phillips, R., Mushrooms and other fungi of Great Britain & Europe: 288 pp. (1981), p. 72
D+I:, in Breitenbach, J., Kränzlin, F., Fungi of Switzerland Boletes and agarics (1st part) 3: 361 pp. (1991), p. 288, pl. 358
D:, in Hansen, I. & Knudsen, H., Nordic Macromycetes Polyporales, Boletales, Agaricales, Russulales. 2: 474 pp. (1992), p. 163
I:, in Bon, M., The Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain and North-western Europe: 352 pp. (1987), p. 181
I:, in Courtecuisse. R. & Duhem. B., Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain & Europe: 480 pp. (1995), p. 231
I:, in Krieglsteiner, G.J., Die Grosspilze Baden-Würtenbergs - Band 3 3: 634 pp. (2001), p. 398

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