Laccaria bicolor is a small tan-colored mushroom with lilac gills. It is edible but not choice, and grows in mixed birch and pine woods. It is found in the temperate zones of the globe, in late summer and autumn. L. bicolor is an ectomycorrhizal fungus used as a soil inoculant in agriculture and horticulture.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Bicoloured Deceiver being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Laccaria nobilis
- Laccaria trichodermophora
- Laccaria proxima
- Laccaria laccata
- Laccaria longipes
- Laccaria amethysteo-occidentalis
Classification
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Basidiomycota
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Order
- Agaricales
- Family
- Hydnangiaceae
- Genus
- Laccaria
- Species
- Laccaria bicolor
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