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Blewit Mushrooms
Blewit Mushrooms have broad caps and a mild taste. They are best cooked. Their colour disappears when they are cooked.
There is some small-scale commercial farming of Blewits; they are sold in gourmet food stores.
There are two types of Blewits.
Field Blewits
Field Blewits grow in grass and open woodlands in the autumn. In the UK, they will keep on growing up until mid-December. The caps are a brownish colour, light buff to dirty brown. They are rounded when young, opened and flat when mature. They have very firm flesh and dry well for storage. Scientifically they are referred to as Lepista saeva or Lepista personata.
Wood Blewits
Wood Blewits grow on rotting vegetation under trees. They have purplish-mauve caps, and a more pronounced fragrance than Field Blewits. Their scientific name is Lepista nuda.
Nutrition
Some people may be sensitive to Blewits eaten raw.
Language Notes
Field blewits are "Lilastieliger Rötelritterling" in German.
Also called:  Blue-leg Mushrooms
Blue Foot Mushrooms
Bluette Mushrooms Lepista nuda, Lepista personata, Lepista saeva (Scientific Name) Pied Bleu, Pied violet (French) Lilastieliger Rötelritterling (German)
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