Flowery Blewit - Lepista irina

Description

5 to 10 cm across; hemispherical then broadly convex with an undulating margin; smooth; pale beige, becoming pinkish brown towards the centre when moist, drying paler. Perfumed, like flowers.

Identification difficulty
Habitat

This attractive blewit is found with deciduous trees; it is most common in Beech woodland in southern England.

When to see it

July to November.

UK Status

Widespread but local in the south of England scarcer further north.

VC55 Status

Infrequent in Leicestershire and Rutland.

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Species profile

Common names
Flowery Blewit
Species group:
Fungi
Kingdom:
Fungi
Order:
Agaricales
Family:
Tricholomataceae
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