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ID help please. Blewit? [CONFIRMED Blewit]


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I have these growing in my mulch and the closest I could find in my book is Blewit. Everything seems to match with description and fragrant smell. I am waiting on the spore print right now, but if it come back pinkish then is there anything to indicate that they are not Blewits?  I am curious to read your thoughts!

Edit* - Location: Southern Upstate New York, just outside Binghamton.

Edit* 10/10/2021 - Confirmed Blewit Mushroom!
 

Thank you!

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Not an expert but if the spore print turns out I think you are correct in your identification of Lepista nuda

I have only one experience with L. nuda and it was under the same circumstances...mulch, autumn (last week), and also the same attributes like young specimens having inrolled margins, buff spore print, etc

Wait for confirmation from the more experienced folk on here before consuming

 

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15 minutes ago, Calvert said:

A spore print would be good to confirm, but I'm 99% sure they're Blewits . (Lepista nuda)

I will update with the results of the spore print tomorrow. Thank you!

 

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1 minute ago, Calvert said:

Not sure about the brown staining cap .  Still sure they are Blewit.

It may be the result of the wet red mulch flakes sitting on the cap. We have been getting a lot of rain this year.

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Blewits

One of their favoured habitats is yard waste/mulch...but not too much woody material

A wide flared stem base without a cup/volva.

There is not any hint of ring or any residual  brown coloured ring on the stem

The gills have a slight notch as they meet the stem

All the above are easy to see in your pics.

Most critical...a "pink Brown" spore print. It looks like this:

 

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Spore print color for Lepista nuda varies between very pale pinkish to occasionally a somewhat more pigmented pinkish-tan than the prints seen in the last photo. Corts have much more vividly rusty brown prints.

I agree that Sherwood's mushrooms are Blewits (Lepista nuda). 

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12 hours ago, JOHNY said:

Blewits

One of their favoured habitats is yard waste/mulch...but not too much woody material

A wide flared stem base without a cup/volva.

There is not any hint of ring or any residual  brown coloured ring on the stem

The gills have a slight notch as they meet the stem

All the above are easy to see in your pics.

Most critical...a "pink Brown" spore print. It looks like this:

 

BLEW 10.JPG

  My sport print looked just like this one. Definitely Blewits!  Thank you everyone.

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