There’s a certain spot on the island I found years ago that has a fantastic reliable bloom of purple-gilled Corts (cortinarius species) every year. Well, except last year. We had so many freeze-thaw cycles that the corts refused to come out at all last year. I’ve been obsessively checking the spot this season and was thrilled to see my purple friends popping up once again, although this year they are more pink than purple!
Purple Corts, and a few blooms from the garden.