Agaricus porphyrhizon    P.D. Orton 

common name(s) : Lilac Mushroom 

New classification: Basidiomycota/Agaricomycotina/Agaricomycetes/Agaricomycetidae/Agaricales/Agaricaceae  
Former classification: Basidiomycota/Homobasidiomycetes/Agaricomycetideae/Agaricales/Agaricaceae/Agariceae  

synonyms: Psalliota purpurascens, Agaricus purpurascens, Agaricus porphyrizon 
(unconfirmed synonyms: Agaricus porphyrrhizon)  

edibility : unknown edibility

potential confusions with Agaricus porphyrhizon toxicity of Agaricus porphyrhizon genus Agaricus  

The cap is vinaceous brown to lilac pink purple, getting paler with age.

its texture is fibrous.

The gills are crowded . It grows on the ground.

The fruiting period takes place from July to November.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 7 cm (between 3 and 10 cm)
  height of stem approximately 8 cm (between 4 and 10 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 11 mm (between 5 and 20 mm)


Agaricus porphyrhizon is rare and confined in the forest of Rambouillet, and is quite rare, more generally speaking .
here should be the distribution map of Agaricus porphyrhizon in the forest of Rambouillet
Above : distribution map of Agaricus porphyrhizon in the forest of Rambouillet



page updated on 14/01/18