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Last week found two of these purple mushrooms. Found growing in leaf litter in woods. We had wandered off trail and became lost, finally tried gps and we were about 7 miles from car. Because phone battery was low I didn't take a picture at the time. Took them home and identified them as wood blewits aka clitocybe nuda/lepista nuda. Everything was textbook correct. One of the mushrooms had a bit of brown on the stem but I figured it was staining from the leaf litter. ( picture #1) I did a spore print. Brown. Dangit. Yesterday the four year old suggested taking the dogs for a walk in the park. Another purple mushroom. Leaf litter at wood's edge. Much mycelium at base and in the leaves. No brown on stem. (picture #2) Third picture is of the spore print of mushroom found yesterday done on a mirror. Early print was a buff color. I consider "buff" a pale golden. The color of Buff Orpingtons - my favorite breed of chickens. I decided not to jump the gun and waited till this morning to read the print. Brown. Dbl-dangit! The corner of the envelope was dragged through the print and shows a concentration of the spores. I have gone to mushroomexpert.com and looked at Cortinarius violaceus and I don't think these look like that. Help please.