Wood Blewit
Taken at Strathclyde Park on 15th November 2025 using Nikon Coolpix P950
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Taken at Strathclyde Park on 11th October 2022 using Panasonic Lumix TZ70
in macro mode.
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Wood Blewit.
Species:
Order:
Family:
Local Names: 		Lepista nuda.
Agaricales.
Tricholomataceae.
Clitocybe nuda.
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Edibility:

Feature:
 		In leaf litter in deciduous and mixed woodland and under hedgerows during autumn and winter.
6 - 15 cms diameter when mature.
15 - 25 mm diameter, 5 - 10 cms. tall.
August to December, but occasional fruitbodies can emerge at any time of the year.
They are edible if well cooked, but it is wise to try a very small portion at first because they have been known to disagree with some people.
Wood Blewits can be used to dye fabrics or paper a grass green colour rather than lilac, purple or blue. To make a green dye the fungi are chopped up and then boiled in water in an iron cooking pot.
When picking any fungus for consumption, caution should be exercised at all times.