Field Blewit - Lepista saeva
A large fleshy fungus; cap smooth, initially convex then flattened; cap grey-white to beige or grey brown in colour (never violet). Gills pale, pinkish. The stipe is robust, fibrous and flushed with violet on the lower part.
The Wood Blewit (Lepista nuda) has some violet colour on the cap.
Photograph from top down, in side view and from underneath to show gills and full length of stipe. Note habitat and substrate.
Grassland, especially calcareous
Most plentiful from September to January.
Widespread, occasional (Kibby, Vol.3, 2020)
Fairly frequent in Leicestershire and Rutland.
Lostash
Whetstone Village
19 October 2012
Barbara Cooper
Clawson Hill
25 October 2015
Graham Calow
Sapcote
12 December 2011
det. R Iliffe
Graham Calow
Sapcote
12 December 2011
det. R Iliffe
Saharima Roenisch
Victoria Park Road, Leicester
18 November 2017
David Nicholls
Meynell's Gorse
23 September 2011
Lostash
The Dicken, Whetstone
27 November 2011
Lostash
The Dicken, Whetstone
27 November 2011
Lostash
Littlethorpe
22 November 2009
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Species profile
- Common names
- Field Blewit
- Species group:
- fungus
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Agaricales
- Family:
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 48
- First record:
- 22/11/2009 (Watson, Ashley)
- Last record:
- 19/12/2024 (Hannah Keys)
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