Laccaria bicolor

General: Characteristic of acidic soils, featuring an orange-brown pileus, thick and distant lamellae (adnate to slightly decurrent), and basal mycelial fibrils of a distinct lilac to violet coloration.

Pileipellis: Composed of cylindrical, thin-walled hyphae, parallel to slightly interwoven, 5-10 µm wide, with abundant brown intracellular pigment; terminal emergent elements are slightly widened at the apex, septate, and partially clamped.

Lamellar edge: Fertile, lacking differentiated cheilocystidia; composed of basidia and basidioles.

Basidia: Clavate, 23-37 x 9-11 µm, 4-spored, with basal clamp connections.

Spores: Spherical to slightly ellipsoid, moderately thick-walled, echinulate, pale yellowish-ochre under the microscope, containing a large lipid droplet, with spines measuring up to 1.2 µm.

Herbarium voucher: 2227/24.