Purple-brown Dapperling

Purple-brown Dapperling

Lepiota fuscovinacea
deadly

Distribution

Europe, rare but widespread. Found in deciduous and mixed forests.

Habitat

Saprotrophic in humus-rich soils of deciduous forests.

Season

Summer to autumn.

Toxin Type

Amatoxins

Symptoms

Amatoxin poisoning with delayed hepatic failure. Small fruiting bodies contain lethal concentrations of α-amanitin.

User Reported Vision
Purple-brown shadows moved everywhere. Dapperling figures in dark wine-colored robes. The world had a bruised, dark wine quality to it.