ARIZONARare purple mushroom: A college student discovered this beauty in Arizona KiMi RobinsonArizona RepublicUniversity of Arizona student Caitlin Dowd found a rare dark purple mushroom in the Santa Catalina Mountains in 2021. With DNA sequencing help from the Arizona Mushroom Society, it became the first Entoloma occidentale variety metallicum to be documented in the state.Courtesy Of Spencer WimmerUniversity of Arizona student Caitlin Dowd found a rare dark purple mushroom in the Santa Catalina Mountains in 2021. With DNA sequencing help from the Arizona Mushroom Society, it became the first Entoloma occidentale variety metallicum to be documented in the state.Courtesy Of Spencer WimmerUniversity of Arizona student Caitlin Dowd found a rare dark purple mushroom in the Santa Catalina Mountains in 2021. With DNA sequencing help from the Arizona Mushroom Society, it became the first Entoloma occidentale variety metallicum to be documented in the state.Courtesy Of Spencer WimmerUniversity of Arizona student Caitlin Dowd found a rare dark purple mushroom in the Santa Catalina Mountains in 2021. With DNA sequencing help from the Arizona Mushroom Society, it became the first Entoloma occidentale variety metallicum to be documented in the state.Courtesy Of Spencer WimmerUniversity of Arizona student Caitlin Dowd found a rare dark purple mushroom in the Santa Catalina Mountains in 2021. With DNA sequencing help from the Arizona Mushroom Society, it became the first Entoloma occidentale variety metallicum to be documented in the state.Courtesy Of Spencer WimmerUniversity of Arizona student Caitlin Dowd found a rare dark purple mushroom in the Santa Catalina Mountains in 2021. With DNA sequencing help from the Arizona Mushroom Society, it became the first Entoloma occidentale variety metallicum to be documented in the state.Courtesy Of Spencer WimmerUniversity of Arizona student Caitlin Dowd found a rare dark purple mushroom in the Santa Catalina Mountains in 2021. With DNA sequencing help from the Arizona Mushroom Society, it became the first Entoloma occidentale variety metallicum to be documented in the state. This is the log where the variety was discovered.Courtesy Of Spencer WimmerUniversity of Arizona student Caitlin Dowd found a rare dark purple mushroom in the Santa Catalina Mountains in 2021. With DNA sequencing help from the Arizona Mushroom Society, it became the first Entoloma occidentale variety metallicum to be documented in the state.Courtesy Of Spencer WimmerUniversity of Arizona student Caitlin Dowd found a rare dark purple mushroom in the Santa Catalina Mountains in 2021. With DNA sequencing help from the Arizona Mushroom Society, it became the first Entoloma occidentale variety metallicum to be documented in the state.Courtesy Of Spencer WimmerUniversity of Arizona student Caitlin Dowd found a rare dark purple mushroom in the Santa Catalina Mountains in 2021. With DNA sequencing help from the Arizona Mushroom Society, it became the first Entoloma occidentale variety metallicum to be documented in the state.Courtesy Of Spencer WimmerUniversity of Arizona student Caitlin Dowd found a rare dark purple mushroom in the Santa Catalina Mountains in 2021. With DNA sequencing help from the Arizona Mushroom Society, it became the first Entoloma occidentale variety metallicum to be documented in the state.Courtesy Of Spencer WimmerUniversity of Arizona student Caitlin Dowd found a rare dark purple mushroom in the Santa Catalina Mountains in 2021. With DNA sequencing help from the Arizona Mushroom Society, it became the first Entoloma occidentale variety metallicum to be documented in the state.Courtesy Of Spencer Wimmer