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The violet court mushroom is one of my favourite mushrooms, because I think it’s pretty and also purple is my favourite colour. But! There are two different kinds of violet court mushrooms- the regular violet court (Cortinarius violaceus) (also known as the violet webcap) and the viscid violet court (Cortinarius iodes).

This is the violet court/webcap! It’s typically dark purple, and it’s cap has a distinctive tightly sculptured texture.

this is the viscid violet court! It’s cap is shiny, and often a lighter shade of purple when young!

(Two different photo’s to show how the level of shininess can vary)

When they mature, their colour darkens and they gain yellowish white spots- becoming the spotted violet court. It’s still the same mushroom as the viscid violet court, it just looks very different so it got a different name. The spotted violet court is the mushroom I intended to use as Spearmaster because. Look at it. It’s literally Spearmaster.

Tragically, nobody has asked me what mushroom Spearmaster is so I’m just going to have to spoil my answer lol. 😔

Anyways, this mushroom is literally so beautiful no matter what type or form it is! I love all violet courts! Purple mushrooms! Yay!