Wood Blewit (Europe)

Lepista nuda

Family: Tricholomataceae

Wood Blewit (Europe) (Lepista nuda)
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Overview

Violet-tinged mushroom on leaf litter and garden compost across Europe. Choice — but must be cooked (raw causes GI upset). Cold-tolerant; often last edible of the season.

Edibility
Edible
Rarity
common
Trophic mode
saprotrophic

Host trees & substrate

  • Local forest substrate

Key identification features

  • Lilac-violet young cap, fading buff
  • Violet gills and stem
  • Pinkish-buff spore print
  • Leaf litter / compost

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