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Wood Blewit - Lepista nuda Fun fact: Lepista nuda sends out hyphae into the soil, which penetrate bacterial colonies and kill them by sucking up their nutrients.<br /> <br /> Habitat: Growing on the ground; mixed forest Fall,Geotagged,Lepista nuda,United States,Wood blewit,clitocybe,clitocybe nuda,fungus,lepista,mushroom Click/tap to enlarge

Wood Blewit - Lepista nuda

Fun fact: Lepista nuda sends out hyphae into the soil, which penetrate bacterial colonies and kill them by sucking up their nutrients.

Habitat: Growing on the ground; mixed forest

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    A fact indeed! Posted 2 years ago

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The Wood blewit

Lepista nuda is an edible mushroom, found in both coniferous and deciduous woodlands. It is a fairly distinctive mushroom that is widely eaten, though there is some caution about edibility. Nevertheless, it has been cultivated in Britain, the Netherlands and France.

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Similar species: Agaricales
Species identified by Christine Young
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Uploaded Apr 21, 2023. Captured Oct 23, 2021 10:50 in 91 Main St, Sharon, CT 06069, USA.
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  • Canon EOS 90D
  • f/2.8
  • 1/166s
  • ISO400
  • 100mm
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