MushroomDan Posted October 8, 2018 Report Share Posted October 8, 2018 Blewits? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt McDermott Posted October 9, 2018 Report Share Posted October 9, 2018 Look like them but I always get a spore print to rule out nasty Cort look alike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mushroom Whisperer Posted October 9, 2018 Report Share Posted October 9, 2018 How did they smell? If you find more, keep the stem whole for a picture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GCn15 Posted October 9, 2018 Report Share Posted October 9, 2018 Look like blewits but spore print them to be sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MushroomDan Posted October 10, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2018 all gave white to faint rose spore prints Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt McDermott Posted October 10, 2018 Report Share Posted October 10, 2018 Cool, blewit has a white buff to slight pink print, corts have rusty colored print. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GCn15 Posted October 10, 2018 Report Share Posted October 10, 2018 If they smell like orange juice you probably have a blewit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted October 11, 2018 Report Share Posted October 11, 2018 These look like blewits to me, and the spore print color matches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobby b Posted October 13, 2018 Report Share Posted October 13, 2018 Blewits are now growing in the leaf pile litter in my area. I've eaten them before but I'm liking them this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted October 13, 2018 Report Share Posted October 13, 2018 I've been getting Blewits under conifers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattVa Posted October 14, 2018 Report Share Posted October 14, 2018 Dave, what types of conifers do you prefer for Blewits? 4 hours ago, Dave W said: I've been getting Blewits under conifers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eat-bolete Posted October 17, 2018 Report Share Posted October 17, 2018 I’m curious too. I heard they grow under eastern hemlock but would like to confirm. Really like them but can never find more than 2-3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vitog Posted October 17, 2018 Report Share Posted October 17, 2018 From what I've found and read, I think that Blewits are saprobic; and, as such are not associated with any particular trees. However, the ones that I've found have been associated with rotting conifer needles, sometimes naturally falling ones and, other times, dumps of needle debris. The most dense group that I've seen, only about a dozen, was growing on a tiny pile (maybe a foot in diameter) of various conifer needles that had been raked up in a nearby yard and dumped in an adjacent power line clearing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GCn15 Posted October 17, 2018 Report Share Posted October 17, 2018 I found a large patch in early September (that's blewit season up here) around big mature spruce mixed with some jack pine on hard pack trail through caribou moss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter G Janssen Posted October 17, 2018 Report Share Posted October 17, 2018 I found a similar batch growing in the leaf mulch around my rhubarb last week. Spore print pending. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eat-bolete Posted October 18, 2018 Report Share Posted October 18, 2018 hmmm, carpets of needles around, but no blewits...however no jack pine or spruce around here, maybe that’s why. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobby b Posted October 18, 2018 Report Share Posted October 18, 2018 At my house they grow under the Norway Spruce (in the needles and moss) and in the piles of hardwood leafs. Saprobic, but they probably have their organic preference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GCn15 Posted October 18, 2018 Report Share Posted October 18, 2018 13 hours ago, eat-bolete said: hmmm, carpets of needles around, but no blewits...however no jack pine or spruce around here, maybe that’s why. I think that they are pretty widespread. Up here in the boreal forest that is their preference, it could be very different in your neck of the woods. They go with what's best in a particular ecosystem imo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted October 18, 2018 Report Share Posted October 18, 2018 Most often spruce, but also pine and even infrequently hemlock. Lepista is a genus of saprobes. They tend to appear in the same spots for maybe a few years --until the nutrients are used up-- and then show up someplace else. Some years more in hardwood areas. Occasionally in grassy areas, and frequently on last year's leaf litter that's piled up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattVa Posted October 19, 2018 Report Share Posted October 19, 2018 Mostly loblolly pine in my area, I do have great variety of hard woods though.The blewits have been a hard one for me to zero in on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eat-bolete Posted October 19, 2018 Report Share Posted October 19, 2018 now that I’m thinking where I found them previously, pile of leaves makes lots of sense. Gotta go make some piles now for next year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattVa Posted October 19, 2018 Report Share Posted October 19, 2018 10 minutes ago, eat-bolete said: Gotta go make some piles now for next year. Haha....my wife would love to use this one against me for getting the leaves up in the yard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted October 21, 2018 Report Share Posted October 21, 2018 Oh, right... I almost forgot about the leaves. Still too many on the maples next to my house. Raking/piling in on the horizon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter G Janssen Posted October 22, 2018 Report Share Posted October 22, 2018 The spore print from the ones that I posted a picture of was light tan/buff. I really dont have much in the way of pines around. A few red pines, but these are pretty numerous in my leaf pile and, as mentioned, in the rhubarb leaf mulch. They are getting pretty big now, but I cant appreciate much "blue" in them, more tan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GCn15 Posted October 23, 2018 Report Share Posted October 23, 2018 20 hours ago, Peter G Janssen said: The spore print from the ones that I posted a picture of was light tan/buff. I really dont have much in the way of pines around. A few red pines, but these are pretty numerous in my leaf pile and, as mentioned, in the rhubarb leaf mulch. They are getting pretty big now, but I cant appreciate much "blue" in them, more tan. It will be more of a violet than blue in my experience. They tend to become tan in age on top but usually have some purple tones on the gills. If they started out more purple than they could possibly be blewits. Do you have pics of the spore print? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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