Wood Blewit

Clitocybe nuda

Family: Tricholomataceae

Also called: Wood Blewit, Blewit, Blue Stalk

Wood Blewit (Clitocybe nuda)
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Overview

Same species as Lepista nuda in older treatments. Lilac young, fading to tan. Good edible cooked; cook fully — raw causes GI upset.

Edibility
Edible
Rarity
common
Trophic mode
saprotrophic
Typical peak
Sep–Oct

Season

Sep–Nov — typical fruiting months: Aug, Sep, Oct.

Host trees & substrate

  • Decaying oak wood and forest litter
  • Decaying beech wood and forest litter
  • Decaying maple wood and forest litter

Where it grows

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