#blewits

[orofeaiel]

Blewits at Evergreen Rotary Park | Bremerton, WA

[mushroomgay]

London, UK, January 2022

Field blewit (Lepista saeva)

Gorgeous little specimen - one of 5 or 6 that I spotted on a roadside verge on my cycle home from work, which came home with me and topped a noodle soup.

I’m kinda proud that I can now spot these from above! Unlike their cousins, the wood blewit, which have a distinct purple cap, field blewits are a more modest buff brown. Like a lot of fungi, though, with a lot of hunting and spotting and practise you start to just ‘get a feel’ for what they look like and spot them more easily, before using more distinct features (such as the purple stem) to make a definitive positive ID.

[mushroomgay]

Finchley, London, UK, January 2019

Field blewits (Lepista saeva)

These gorgeous little field blewits were growing right outside my work. They’re more difficult to spot than wood blewits, as only their stem (rather than the cap) has the purplish tinge. To be sure I had blewits, and not a webcap (Cortinarius genus), some of which can look quite similar, I did a spore print, revealing the pinkish-white (as opposed to brown) spores.

Blewits are delicious, sort of firm and mildly nutty, but need to be cooked thoroughly to prevent gastrointestinal upset. Some people find them indigestible even if thoroughly cooked, however, so it’s recommended that you eat only a small amount the first time you try them, as I have done here when I added one to my pho.

[mushroomgay]

Finchley, London, February 2019

Field blewits (Lepista personata)

Field blewits, considered among the best wild edible fungi, that grow outside my work, under a little snow we had recently. I’ve picked these before, and they’re delicious, though I left these as, covered in snow, they were going soft.

[mushroomgay]

Finchley, London, UK, November 2018

Field blewit (Lepista saeva)

These excellent edibles are beautiful, with a violet stem and creamy cap. Unlike their relatives, the wood blewit (Lepista nuda), however, they lack the purplish tinge to the cap, meaning they can be easy to overlook from above.

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[pnwfungusamongus]

Clitocybe nuda - The Blewit     +40p

Habitat: Grows scattered to gregarious, often noted in rings or arcs, from organic debris rich duff in forests to gardens. Although it favors cold weather, you can see it throughout the mushroom blooming season. It is reported to send up multiple crops of fruiting bodies and can even thrive from shredded newspapers and compost. 

Edibility: A cherished edible and fan-favorite within the mushroom foraging community. Popular for its taste, distinctiveness, and abundance as a wild edible. Described as having not only a unique fragrant scent, but also a pleasant taste with a somewhat bitter aftertaste.

Spore Color: Dull pink

Gill Color: Vibrantly lilac when fresh fading to a buff pink, sometimes brown, in age.

Cap Color: Similar to the gills, it resembles lilac shaded with brown fresh and then fades to a buff tan-brown in age.

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