Laccaria fibrillosa McNabb
A buff-coloured cap (with a violet tint when young) and covered with dark brown fibrils. Cap diam. 10–25 mm.
Found under beech.
Laccaria glabripes McNabb
This species is a reddish brown colour. It has a striate cap with a depressed centre. Cap diam: up to 25 mm. The stem is long and smooth. Found in groups under beech and tea tree.
Laccaria laccata (Scop.) Cooke
This is an introduced species found under exotic trees. The cap is pale reddish brown to brownish pink and finely felty. Cap diam: up to 30 mm.
Laccaria lilacina (G. Stev.)
This is a beige-pink coloured species covered in tiny dark fibrils. Cap diam: 15–35 mm. The gills are pale mauve.
Found under beech.
Laccaria laterita Malençon
An introduced species found under tea tree.
Laccaria violaceonigra G. Stev.
This is a dark brown to black species with small velvety scales on the cap. Cap diam: to 25 mm. The gills are greyish mauve. It has dark violet colours on the upper part of the stipe which is longitudinally fibrillose.
Found under beech.
Laccaria masonii
This species can be quite variable. They are a violet colour when young but become fawn on maturity. Others can appear buff with dark fibrils and can be confused with L. fibrillosa. Cap diam: up to 25 mm.
Found under beech.
