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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Lepista nudaPhotographer: © Peter Lyons
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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)