Lepista nuda (Bull.) Cooke
(Wood Blewits)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesLepista nuda (Wood Blewits)
GenusLepista (a genus of toadstools)
FamilyTRICHOLOMATACEAE (a family of toadstools)
OrderAGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools)
SubclassAGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
ClassAGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
SubphylumAGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Lepista nuda (Wood Blewits) :
1: Lepista nuda (Wood Blewits)
8 Nov 2005 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
48 fruitbodies in 2 Fairy Rings among heather and heathy grassland . Photos: Fruitbodies in situ, LS, spores
Image 1: Cap - in situ - close-upImage 2: CollectionImage 3: Collection - youngImage 4: Fruitbodies - in situImage 5: Fruitbodies - in situ (2)Image 6: Fruitbodies - in situ - close-upImage 7: Fruitbodies - young - lain downImage 8: Fruitbody - LSImage 9: Fruitbody - side view showing gillsImage 10: Fruitbody - young - LSImage 11: Cap cuticle - magnifiedImage 12: Cap cuticle - magnified (2)Image 13: Cap cuticle - magnified (3)Image 14: Spores - magnifiedImage 15: Spores - magnified (2)Image 16: Spores - magnified (3)Image 17: Spores - highly magnified
2: Lepista nuda (Wood Blewits)
21 Oct 2004 OSGR: SO71 51° 50’ N, 2° 20’ W Vice County: West Glos (VC 34) England
in Nettles under Grey Sallow
Image 1: CapImage 2: CollectionImage 3: Fruitbody - LSImage 4: GillsImage 5: In situImage 6: In situ (2)Image 7: Side view showing gillsImage 8: Spores - magnifiedImage 9: Spores - magnified (2)Image 10: Spores - magnified (3)Image 11: Spores - highly magnified
3: Lepista nuda (Wood Blewits)
10 Nov 1979 OSGR: SU83 51° 10’ N, 0° 50’ W Vice County: North Hants (VC 12) England
Image 1: Cap - in situImage 2: Oblique view - in situImage 3: Side view - in situImage 4: Side view - upturnedImage 5: UpturnedImage 6: Cap cuticle end cell - highly magnifiedImage 7: Spores - highly magnifiedImage 8: DescriptionImage 9: Description - contd
4: Lepista nuda (Wood Blewits)
14 Nov 1976 OSGR: SU82 51° 0’ N, 0° 40’ W Vice County: Surrey (VC 17) England
Image 1: Oblique view - in situ
5: Lepista nuda (Wood Blewits)
13 Oct 1974 OSGR: SU97 51° 30’ N, 0° 40’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
under Sweet Chestnut
Image 1: Cap - in situImage 2: Side view - in situImage 3: Upturned and in situ
6: Lepista nuda (Wood Blewits)
23 Dec 1971 OSGR: TQ21 50° 50’ N, 0° 10’ W Vice County: East Sussex (VC 14) England
in grass under Hawthorn bush
Image 1: In situImage 2: Upturned

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Kibby, G. 2014 Lepista nuda, the common Blewit Vol 15 (2) Page: Front cover
Kibby, G. 2003 Ordinary fungi in extraordinary places Field Mycology Vol 4 (2): 63-64.

Lepista nuda (Wood Blewits) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Lepista nuda (Wood Blewits)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 5 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Lepista nuda (Wood Blewits)
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