An edible woodland mushroom with a lilac cap and stem, found in both Eurasia and North America.
Laccaria amethystea, family Tricholomataceae, class Hymenomycetes
 Example sentencesExamples
-  I feel inspired to cook risotto as a pre-starter, using chanterelles and several skinny purple amethyst deceivers that my husband found.
 -  The fungi are amethyst deceiver and honey fungus seen in the woods at Purbrook and Jews Ear in Pook Lane.
 -  These Amethyst Deceivers were growing in Beech leaf litter.