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Lepista nuda.
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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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Chris von Ruhland (United Kingdom) - 13 December 2011
Spores stained with Melzer's reagent, showing inamyloid reaction
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Anthony Eccles (United Kingdom) - 26 November 2011
Found on my compost heap
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Paul Kerr (United Kingdom) - 13 November 2011
Sudden eruption of wood blewitts in the garden , quite a surprise for this time of year 13/11/11
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Paul Kerr (United Kingdom) - 13 November 2011
Sudden eruption of wood blewitts in the garden , quite a surprise for this time of year 13/11/11
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Maggie Lowe (United Kingdom) - 12 November 2011
Maggie Lowe (Leeds) 11/11/2011
All laid out ready for drying in oven. This is HALF the amount I found! Found in a small area of woodland in Methley near Leeds.
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Dejan Stojanovic (Yugoslavia) - 16 June 2011
Habitat in Zaplanje, village Gadžin Han (city of Nis), Southern Serbia, SERBIA.
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Marjan Kustera (Yugoslavia) - 31 May 2011
These caps where 15cm across.I found them under conifers woods near Vranje,South Serbia.
Photo by Marjan Kuštera,Serbia,Niš.
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Jon Bemrose (United Kingdom) - 31 October 2010
Lepista Nuda - Old Racecourse, Richmond, North Yorkshire UK 24/10/2010
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Ian Brown (United Kingdom) - 14 October 2010
Found on 14/10/2010 in Ferryhill, County Durham, England
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Ashley Watson (United Kingdom) - 05 October 2010
Leicester, England, October 2010
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Magdalena Halford (United States) - 14 January 2010
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Magdalena Halford (United States) - 14 January 2010
Sierra Foothills - so far I found these in December and January
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alec sime (United Kingdom) - 18 November 2009
wood blewit i found in hertfordshire
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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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