Lepista irina

Flowery Blewit

A fleshy, pale buff to pinkish-tan relative of the wood blewit with crowded whitish to pinkish gills, a pale pinkish spore print and a distinctive floral odor reminiscent of iris or violets. It grows in groups or rings in woodland litter. Unlike the wood blewit it has no violet tones.

Species profile

Edibility: Not edible
Edibility disputed; not recommended. Wikipedia calls it a choice edible, but First Nature rates it inferior to the blewits, says it upsets some stomachs, and says it must always be cooked and never eaten raw. Pink-spored look-alikes include toxic Entoloma species (e.g., Entoloma sinuatum), which have angular spores and often a mealy odor. Pale Clitocybe species with muscarine have white spore prints. A spore print and careful identification are essential.

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Characteristics

Cap: about 3-12 cm (occasionally larger), hemispherical then broadly convex with a wavy margin, smooth, whitish to pale beige becoming pinkish-tan to pinkish brown at the center. Gills: adnate to sinuate or slightly decurrent, narrow, crowded, cream becoming buff-pink. Stem: 4-9 cm long, 0.5-2.5 cm thick, fibrillose, whitish to pinkish brown, sometimes slightly swollen at the base, without a ring; white basal mycelium. Odor: floral, like iris or violets. Spore print: creamy white to pale pinkish buff. Microscopic: spores ellipsoid, finely spiny, 7-9 x 3.5-4 µm.