Wood Blewit

Lilac-pink, sticky cap that was approximately 7 cm wide. It was dark pinkish-purple in the middle, and lighter pink around the margin of the cap. The margin was slightly inrolled. Gills were white/lilac and were close/crowded. Stem was lilac and white.

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

comments (5)

Ferdy Christant

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Beautiful color!
I shall continue dropping unsolicited silly dutch names where appropriate: purple fake knight fungus. Posted 7 years ago
1. Christine Young
  
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  I just saw this...Love the name :) Posted 6 years ago

Flown Kimmerling

Lion

WOW! I've never seen one that pink before! Posted 6 years ago
1. Christine Young
  
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  I have more shots like this in my backlog! They were really pretty. Posted 6 years ago
2. 1. Christine Young
    
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    I think the color was so intense because it was so wet. Posted 6 years ago

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