Phylum: Basidiomycota	Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales	Family: Tricholomataceae
Species: Lepista nuda (Bull.) Cooke

Synonyms:

Agaricus bicolor Agaricus bulbosus Agaricus nudus Agaricus nudus var. majus Coes Las y Coed Cortinarius bicolor Cortinarius nudus Gyrophila nuda Lepista nuda f. gracilis Lepista nuda var. pruinosa Rhodopaxillus nudus Rhodopaxillus nudus var. pruinosus Tricholoma lilaceum Tricholoma nudum Tricholoma nudum var. lilaceum Tricholoma nudum var. majus Tricholoma personatum Tricholoma sordidum var. lilaceum

Common Name:

Wood Blewit

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records: Fagus sylvatica (19) Quercus (13) Corylus avellana (3) Picea (3) Pteridium aquilinum (2) Fraxinus excelsior (2) Aesculus hippocastanum (2) Carex (2) Tilia platyphyllos x cordata = T. x europaea (1) Chamaecyparis lawsoniana (1) Urtica dioica (1) Salix (1) Rubus fruticosus agg. (1) Quercus petraea (1) Abies (1) Acer (1) Poaceae (1) Pinus sylvestris (1) Pinus (1) Picea abies (1) Acer pseudoplatanus (1) Larix (1) Carpinus betulus (1) Crataegus monogyna (1) Cupressus macrocarpa (1) Poa (1)

Habitat (where recorded) & number of records: Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (20) Neutral grassland: semi-improved (17) Woodland: broadleaved, plantation (13) Parkland and scattered trees (12) Woodland: mixed (12) Woodland and scrub (10) Woodland (8) Woodland: mixed, semi-natural (7) Acid grassland (6) Woodland: mixed, plantation (6) Built up area, domestic (5) Calcareous grassland: unimproved (4) Parkland and scattered trees: broadleaved (3) Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (3) Scrub (3) Woodland: broadleaved (3) Woodland: coniferous, plantation (3) Acid grassland: semi-improved (2) Built-up areas (2) Marsh/marshy grassland (2) Poor semi-improved (2) Woodland: plantation (2) Acid grassland: unimproved (1) Boundaries: defunct hedge (1) Calcareous grassland (1) Calcareous grassland: semi-improved (1) Coastland: grey dunes (1) Cynosurus cristatus-Centaurea nigra grassland (1) Festuca ovina - Agrostis capillaris-Thymus praecox grassland (1) Grassland and marsh (1) Grassland: acidic, unimproved, lowland (1) Grassland: calcareous, lowland (1) Grassland: calcareous, unimproved, upland (1) Neutral grassland (1) Neutral grassland: unimproved (1) Other habitat (1) Sand-dune (1) Sand-dune: dune grassland (1) Sand-dune: dune slack (1) Scrub: dense/continuous (1) Scrub: scattered (1) Woodland: broadleaved, plantation, high forest (1)

Substrate (where recorded) & number of records: Soil (77) Soil Grassy (49) Soil Leaves (20) Leaf Litter (6) Soil Mossy (5) Soil Needle (4) Dead Wood (2) Litter (2) Branch (1) Fallen Twig (1) Grass Cuttings (1) Soil sandy (1) Stony (1) Wood (1)

Months recorded in & number of records: January (8) March (3) May (2) August (1) September (14) October (109) November (124) December (10)