Unsure of some of this stash...

[ElleEm]

Hey hey, 

I have no idea how to post on here (I don’t even use social media) so forgive me in advance! 
I had a beautiful day roaming a paddock here in Bellingen Shire - Mid North Coast NSW. 

I found some gold caps which I’m familiar with but want to check about these lilac tinged but very similar ones I also found...trying to identify. Or are they more mature gold caps?! 
Thanks soooo much
 

[-RC-]

What Glaukus said. You've got 9 or so old ones to be sure there - looks like they have seen some sun and rain for at least 2 days me thinks. More mature as you rightly say. Slice them down the middle to check for maggots in the cap where it meets the stem. 

 

The purple spore colour can be found on cubes that are in a clutch with others or straight up on their own as apparently they can somehow generate their own wind believe it or not, cbf finding a link to back that up though. 

 

Worth remembering that with cubes one of the most defining features is the veil remnant which is the dark fringe around the stem half to three-quarters of the way up. 

 

Always best to leave them in the ground if you are taking pics though, because of course no-one around here would actually ingest them 

Edited January 5, 2021 by -RC-

[Strontium Dawg]

They're all cubes. The lilac tinge you see are the spores. Older specimens released their spores and they are purple in colour.

[ElleEm]

Spores! So cool...that solves that. Thanks for enlightening me!