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Lepista irina.   Click a photo to enlarge it.   back to list

synonyms: Flowery Blewit, Lépiste tricholome, Rhodopaxille ŕ odeur d'Iris, Veilchen Rötelritterling
Lepista irina Mushroom
Ref No: 9417
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location: North America, Europe
edibility: Edible
fungus colour: Brown, Grey to beige
normal size: 5-15cm
cap type: Convex to shield shaped
flesh: Mushroom has distinct or odd smell (non mushroomy)
spore colour: Pink
habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground

Lepista irina (Fr.) Bigelow syn. Tricholoma irinum (Fr.) Kummer syn. Rhodopaxillus irinus (Fr.) Métrod Veilchen Rötelritterling Lépiste tricholome, Rhodopaxille ŕ odeur d'Iris Flowery Blewit. Cap 5–10cm across, hemispherical then flattened-convex, often wavy at the margin, clay-pink to reddish-brown. Stem 60–100 x 10–20mm, dirty white to pallid, covered in long fibres and often ochraceous near the base. Flesh thick, white. Taste and smell strongly perfumed. Gills emarginate, crowded, flesh-coloured becoming more reddish-brown or cinnamon. Spore print dirty pink. Spores very minutely spiny, 7–9 x 3.5–4um. Habitat in open woodland. Season autumn. Rare. Edible. (Never eat any mushroom until you are certain it is edible as many are poisonous and some are deadly poisonous.) Distribution, America and Europe.


Mushroom Recipes
Blewit and Chicken Pie
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