How to identify it?
Fruiting Body
Fruiting body small.
Cap
Cap 1-4 cm across, hemispherical; flesh-pink to reddish brown, darker in the center, and often cream at the margin; surface silky smooth; with purplish red juice when crushed or cut.
Flesh
Flesh insubstantial, crispy, pale to vinaceous, with purplish red juice when crushed or cut. Taste mild or slightly bitter.
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Scientific Classification
Phylum
Club fungi Class
Mushroom-forming fungi Order
Gilled fungi Family
Bonnet mushrooms Genus
Bonnets Species
Burgundydrop bonnet