Wood Blewit

Lepista nuda

Damp mixed and coniferous forests, parks, raised bogs. Autumn, sometimes also summer.

Fruiting bodies medium-sized, rarely large. Cap 7-10 (15) cm across, flattened or even slightly depressed in the centre, fleshy, matt, violet, brownish-violet, bluish-violet. Gills the colour of the cap, adnate. Stem 5—9x1-3 cm, when young the colour of the cap, when old greyish-brown, violet-fibrous. Flesh whitish, violet, with a strong woody smell and taste. Characteristic features: mushrooms with a rather sharp, unpleasant woody smell, appearing in groups, sometimes in colonies. Grows in forests, parks, raised bogs, grassy places. Edible. Not liked by everyone because of its strong mealy, woody smell. Suitable for pickling.