Species
Lepista nuda (Blewit)
Lepista nuda. Photo: (c) Christian Schwarz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Clitocybe nuda, commonly known as the wood blewit or blue foot and alternately described as Lepista nuda, is an edible mushroom native to Europe and North America. Described by Pierre Bulliard in 1790, it was also known as Tricholoma nudum for many years. It is 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,…
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