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| synonyms: Pied bleu, Rhodopaxille nu, Violetter Rötelritterling, Wood Blewit |
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| location: North America, Europe |
| edibility: Choice |
| fungus colour: Violet or purple, Brown |
| normal size: 5-15cm |
| cap type: Convex to shield shaped |
| flesh: Mushroom has distinct or odd smell (non mushroomy) |
| spore colour: Pink |
| habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground |
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Lepista nuda (Bull. ex Fr.) Cooke syn. Tricholoma nudum (Bull. ex Fr.) Kummer syn. Rhodopaxillus nudus (Bull. ex Fr.) Maire Violetter Rötelritterling Pied bleu, Rhodopaxille nu Wood Blewit. Cap 6–12cm across, flattened-convex becoming depressed and wavy, bluish lilac at first then more brownish, drying paler. Stem 50–90´15–25mm, often slightly bulbous at the base, bluish-lilac, fibrillose. Flesh thick, bluish-lilac. Taste and smell strongly perfumed. Gills crowded, bluish-lilac fading with age to almost buff. Spore print pale pink. Spores elliptic, minutely spiny, 6–8´4–5m. Habitat in woodland, hedgerows and gardens. Season autumn to early winter. Common. Edible – excellent. Distribution, America and Europe.
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Mushroom Recipes |
| Blewit and Chicken Pie |
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Lorand Bartho (Hungary) - 16 February 2009
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Lorand Bartho (Hungary) - 16 February 2009
Hungarian name, Lila pereszke
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