Clitocybe irina
Also known as Lepista irina
FALSE BLEWIT Blewit
Order: Agaricales, family Tricholomataceae
CAP WHITE TO TAN; STICKY; BROAD CENTRAL KNOB
Cap: 4-13 cm wide; convex; cottony margin inrolled at first whitish to dingy buff; sticky but soon dry
GILLS WHITISH; CROWDED
Gills: attached; crowded; narrow; white becoming pale pinkish
STALK GRAYISH WITH NO RING
Stalk: 2-5 cm long; 1-2.5 cm thick; grayish to buff, no ring
SPORE PRINT PALE BUFF
Spores: 7-10 x 4-5 µm, long elliptical, minutely roughened, thin walled
Chlorophyllum rachodes🍴Edible
UNDER TREES, BUSHES, IN DUFF
LOOKALIKES
Clitocybe nuda
Blewit
Bluish, purple color, inrolled cap edge
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This is one of the first urban mushrooms we ate from our yard when we began collecting mushrooms in the city. Unfortunately, we haven't found it since, and we moved about 15 years ago. We felt we owed this mushroom the honor of being included on this website. But don't expect to see too much of it.
