Oh interesting. I’m more familiar with the amethyst deceiver which is pretty easy to ID but maybe it’s related to this one and just inherited the name?
Yeah, it seems to be a name used for multiple species within the Laccaria genus. It might be like a metonym where one species name became the name for related species even if the trait that inspired the name isn’t shared by all related species.
Oh interesting. I’m more familiar with the amethyst deceiver which is pretty easy to ID but maybe it’s related to this one and just inherited the name?
Yeah, it seems to be a name used for multiple species within the Laccaria genus. It might be like a metonym where one species name became the name for related species even if the trait that inspired the name isn’t shared by all related species.