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Wood Blewit
1 public strain
Lepista nuda, the wood blewit, is a saprotrophic agaric with a lilac to purple cap, violet gills and a short, stout stem, notable for its distinctive fragrant odour and white to pale pink spore print. It grows in leaf litter in woodland and sometimes forms fairy rings. Some North American specimens are duller, tending toward tan.
Edible and well regarded; eat cooked. Identify carefully: violet Cortinarius species, many of which may be poisonous, can look similar but usually show veil remnants or a ring-like zone on the stem and give a rusty-brown spore print. The blewit's odour and white to pale pink spore print separate it.
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