violaceous

In young specimens there are stripes and bands of violaceous brown, and the shells are striate within the aperture.

Spores globose or somewhat irregular, very minutely warted, violaceous, 9–11 mic.

The stem is solid, violaceous at the thickened base, red-reticulated at the apex, expanded into the pileus.

Beneath them are seen brownish and violaceous blotches, the integument thus stained slowly losing its abnormal color.