Thank you both. Now I need to hone my identification skills to properly identify the tree the pine cone fell from! I am in Central Brittany, France – not sure if that’s sub mediterranean ?
Hello Hilary. Whilst you’re waiting for someone more knowledgeable than me to come along and confirm this, you might want to look up Laccaria amethystina – Amethyst Deceiver. They are beautiful aren’t they?