Local Name: Bjishi Dungshi (in Geney, Thimphu District)

Edibility: Edible

Habitat: Terrestrial and solitary to gregarious.

Description: Cap:  2-10cm in diameter, parabolic when young and umbonate as it matures, the colour of the cap is light purplish when young and turns to light brown with fading edges as in maturity. Margin is eroded to uplift with dry and shiny surface in young and wrinkled surface in mature. Hymenophore: Brownish to clay buff gills, close, adnexed to sinuate, smooth when young and eroded when matured and lamellulae present. Stem: 5-10 cm tall and up to 2 cm width, equal to sub-clavate, centreally positioned, dull white to yellowish, dry and solid. It has moveable ring at the central position, white mycelium at the base of the stem. Spore Print: Brownish.

Comments: It does not cause much confusion as it has distinctly purplish cap when young and whitish stem but when mature it may look alike with Rozites caperata but there is no danger to the consumers as both the species are edible and mostly found these two species being sold mixed in the market, but care should be taken not to confuse with brownish Cortinarius species.