Identification: Very strange fungus causing purple Snow Peas

Hi all, I recently planted snow peas. Now, for the first week the snow peas where full, plump and lush. Less than a week into flowering the peas being produced began taking on rather odd and unwanted traits. These consist of Small, infertile, slow growing and PURPLE! they where purple. This stumped me as the other plant from the same supplier, wasn't effected by what ever this was. Furthermore I contacted the seed grower ,he assured me this was not anything he had encountered ever before, and that he sent me snow peas. This was true as I said before they where normal for the first week or so. In a turn of events my plants, as expected slowly died off as it transitions into spring. No physical differences between these plants where present. Until I cut them back and proceeded to compost the leaves roots and the lot for compost. I noticed a fungus on the roots, It was first dismissed as I believed it to be wood chips or something, this was until I had a closer inspection. I had a look on the internet and was unable to find anything similar. I decided to take it to my local botanist who was just as stumped as I was, of both the fungus and the colour of the peas. There we where searching through fungus books and what not for at least an hour. We finally gave up and came up with the idea of turning to forums. So I hope you can help. Anything absolutely anything would help.

Thanks in advance, Riley

P.S I attached a photo of the fungi.

 

I can't say anything about the fungus, but there are purple snow peas - query it. And there is also something called Lablab purpureus that look like purple peas.

 

thanks for that, but I did contact the supplier and he said he had never come into even contact with purple peas. he grows the pods and saves the seeds. I mean with cross pollination It defiantly could be from over the fence or what not.

 

Sorry, what part of the pea plant was turning purple?

 

Never use diseased plants for your compost, dispose them safely instead. As for the nature of your problem, may be this will help: Oomycetes

 

this is a close up.