Laccaria ochropurpurea (Berk.) Peck 1897

Laccaria ochropurpurea (Berk.) Peck, Ann. Rep. N. Y. State Mus
50: 129. 1897.
Agaricus (Clitocybe) ochropurpureus Berk. Hook. Lond. Jour. 4: 299. 1845.
Pileus fleshy, firm, subhemispheric or convex becoming plane or slightly centrally depressed, often very irregular and very variable in size and shape, solitary or rarely gregarious, 5-10 cm. broad; surface hygrophanous, purplish-brown when moist, grayish or pale-alutaceous when dry, unpolished, margin decurved ; context edible ; lamellae thick, distant, broad, adnate or decurrent, purplish; spores globose, verruculose, 8-10 nl stipe variable, short or long, equal or sometimes thicker in the middle, sometimes at each end, fibrous, solid, concolorous or paler, firm, 3-8 cm. long, 4-12 mm. thick.
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Type locality: Columbus, Ohio.
Habitat : Open grassy or bushy places, or thin woods.
Distribution: Temperate North America.

Laccaria ochropurpurea is an edible mushroom found under hardwood and conifers east of the Rocky Mountains. The pileus ranges from 4–13 centimetres (1+1⁄2–5 in) wide and the stipe from 5–19 centimetres (2–7+1⁄2 in) long.