MushroomDan Posted October 23, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 23, 2018 Always wanted to ask these. How large does a Blewit have to be to be considered to mature to eat? Also, every time we eat Blewits my wife feels fine and I get a slightly minor stomach ache? Am I sensitive to them? Are there others who are too? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted October 24, 2018 Report Share Posted October 24, 2018 Peter, your mushrooms look like Blewits to me. Cap/gill color varies quite a bit with Lepista nuda. Light tan/buff spore print sounds about right. Did you collect a print on a white surface? Habitat for Blewits is diverse, anywhere there is decaying vegetable matter --leaves, conifer needles, lawn waste. Sometimes I find them on lawns. Dan, I don't think there's any requirement for a Blewit to be mature enough to eat. Sometimes old ones can be too deteriorated, or maybe riddled with insect tunnels/larvae. I have read that some people are sensitive to Blewits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eat-bolete Posted October 24, 2018 Report Share Posted October 24, 2018 Not me. just can’t find them. Maybe you ate too much at once,? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MushroomDan Posted October 24, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2018 Last year I ate about 3 small ones and got a mild to medium stomach ache. My wife ate more than me and was fine. This year we found more but I been too chicken to eat them, she is eating all of them.🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter G Janssen Posted October 25, 2018 Report Share Posted October 25, 2018 Went back out to the rhubarb patch yesterday and managed to find a younger specimen, which seems slightly violet to me. Most are quite large by now as seen in this picture. I threw out my last spore prin t without photographing it, so am doing another. The last one was on white paper, the current, pending one will be too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MushroomDan Posted October 30, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2018 I love those little guys 😁 By the way I gave them a try again. Ate them few times already last week. No stomach ache 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted November 1, 2018 Report Share Posted November 1, 2018 Thorough cooking is recommended for Blewits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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