Ooh, a Wood Blewit (Collybia nuda), or so I initially thought. It's been a good year for Blewits, they’re popping up all over the place. Although, on closer inspection, no, the bulbous base wasn't right, then I spotted what looked like the remains of a Cortina (a thin membrane) - Wood Blewits don't have a cortina. No, I think this is the Bruising Webcap (Thaxterogaster purpurascens; formally Cortinarius purpurascens). Webcaps are a species best avoided in my opinion; the Bruising Webcap is listed as suspect, many are listed poisonous, whilst others in the family are potentially deadly.
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