A Charcoal Burner in the woods

There’s a purple mushroom on the forest floor. No, not purple, lilac. No, not lilac, it’s blue; and it’s pink in the centre. I’ve seen others with a rainbow of colours including green and yellow tones as well as much deeper purple. They are Charcoal Burners, Russula cyanoxantha. I suspect … Continue reading A Charcoal Burner in the woods