Wood Blewit

This is a very common fungus - here I find it on compost heaps where it is often profuse. The cap colour is variable from pure lilac to brown but the stipe colour is a distinctive mixture of lilac, white and brown striations. This is a very purpley version although it dries brown and these are fresh and young so not surprising. A very handsome fungus and allegedly edible but the books often say 'best avoided' due to the reaction of some people to it.