Wood Blewit (Lepista nuda) Liquid Culture

Lepista Nuda, commonly known as the blewit or wood blewit, is an edible mushroom native to Europe and North America. It is found in both coniferous and deciduous woodlands. It is a fairly distinctive mushroom that is widely eaten. It has been cultivated in Britain, the Netherlands and France.

This mushroom can range from lilac to purple-pink. Some North American specimens are duller and tend toward tan, but usually have purplish tones on the stem and gills. Younger specimens are lighter with more convex caps, while mature specimens have a darker color and flatter cap. Wood blewits have a very distinctive odor, which has been likened by one author to that of frozen orange juice.

Wood blewits can be easily distinguished by their odor, as well as by their spore print, which is white to pale pink.