Wood Blewit (Lepista nuda)

Edibility:Excellent

Eating notes: Firm flesh and a good strong flavour.

Cap: 6-12cm purplish brown, smooth and shiny. Initially convex with a strongly in-turned margin. Later becoming depressed with a wavy edge.

Gills: Adnex or slightly sinuate, bright violet, crowded.

Stem: Violet, solid, with a bulbous base.

Spores: Pale pink

Flesh: Pale lilac, usually darker in the stem than the cap.

Habitat: On the ground in mixed woodland, sometimes also in compost heaps.

Frequency: Common