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Wood Blewit - Lepista nuda Cap: Tan; smooth; inrolled, wavy margin; nearly flat<br /> <br /> Gills: Attached; buff/brownish<br /> <br /> Stem: Buff; enlarged base<br /> <br /> Habitat: Leaf litter of deciduous forest<br /> <br /> Fun fact: Lepista nuda sends out hyphae into the soil, which penetrate bacterial colonies and kill them by sucking up their nutrients.<br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/75775/wood_blewit_-_lepista_nuda.html" title="Wood Blewit - Lepista nuda"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3232/75775_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1616630410&Signature=45wO5uR2uASdEpQXJF6jqrRQtMk%3D" width="104" height="152" alt="Wood Blewit - Lepista nuda Cap: Tan; smooth; inrolled, wavy margin; nearly flat<br /> <br /> Gills: Attached; buff/brownish<br /> <br /> Stem: Buff; enlarged base<br /> <br /> Habitat: Leaf litter of deciduous forest<br /> <br /> Fun fact: Lepista nuda sends out hyphae into the soil, which penetrate bacterial colonies and kill them by sucking up their nutrients.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/75773/wood_blewit_-_lepista_nuda.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/75774/wood_blewit_-_lepista_nuda.html Fall,Geotagged,Lepista nuda,United States,Wood blewit" /></a></figure><br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/75774/wood_blewit_-_lepista_nuda.html" title="Wood Blewit - Lepista nuda"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3232/75774_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1616630410&Signature=URJGQuKjWJo%2F7bum4fk3xH7ZRRM%3D" width="114" height="152" alt="Wood Blewit - Lepista nuda Cap: Tan; smooth; inrolled, wavy margin; nearly flat<br /> <br /> Gills: Attached; buff/brownish<br /> <br /> Stem: Buff; enlarged base<br /> <br /> Habitat: Leaf litter of deciduous forest<br /> <br /> Fun fact: Lepista nuda sends out hyphae into the soil, which penetrate bacterial colonies and kill them by sucking up their nutrients.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/75773/wood_blewit_-_lepista_nuda.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/75775/wood_blewit_-_lepista_nuda.html Fall,Geotagged,Lepista nuda,United States,Wood blewit" /></a></figure> Fall,Geotagged,Lepista nuda,United States,Wood blewit,lepista,mushroom Click/tap to enlarge

Wood Blewit - Lepista nuda

Cap: Tan; smooth; inrolled, wavy margin; nearly flat

Gills: Attached; buff/brownish

Stem: Buff; enlarged base

Habitat: Leaf litter of deciduous forest

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

Wood Blewit - Lepista nuda Cap: Tan; smooth; inrolled, wavy margin; nearly flat<br /> <br /> Gills: Attached; buff/brownish<br /> <br /> Stem: Buff; enlarged base<br /> <br /> Habitat: Leaf litter of deciduous forest<br /> <br /> Fun fact: Lepista nuda sends out hyphae into the soil, which penetrate bacterial colonies and kill them by sucking up their nutrients.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/75773/wood_blewit_-_lepista_nuda.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/75774/wood_blewit_-_lepista_nuda.html Fall,Geotagged,Lepista nuda,United States,Wood blewit

Wood Blewit - Lepista nuda Cap: Tan; smooth; inrolled, wavy margin; nearly flat<br /> <br /> Gills: Attached; buff/brownish<br /> <br /> Stem: Buff; enlarged base<br /> <br /> Habitat: Leaf litter of deciduous forest<br /> <br /> Fun fact: Lepista nuda sends out hyphae into the soil, which penetrate bacterial colonies and kill them by sucking up their nutrients.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/75773/wood_blewit_-_lepista_nuda.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/75775/wood_blewit_-_lepista_nuda.html Fall,Geotagged,Lepista nuda,United States,Wood blewit

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The Wood blewit

''Clitocybe 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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Species identified by Christine Young
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Uploaded Mar 8, 2019. Captured Oct 23, 2018 11:09 in 91 Main St, Sharon, CT 06069, USA.
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  • Canon EOS 80D
  • f/7.1
  • 1/83s
  • ISO400
  • 100mm
Captured in the fall. More fall photos.