BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)
Lepista saeva (Fr.) P.D. Orton, 1960 (Field Blewits, Blue Leg)
| Notes (MWS) | Field Blewits is a toadstool which grows in troops in grassland, especially where calcareous. It is typically a species of late autumn and can continue through the winter if the weather isn't too severe. It has a smooth brown to grey cap, paler towards the margin and a lilac stem. The gills too are lilac-coloured and the minutely spiny spores are pink. |
Records (and photo sets)
| Taxon | Summary | Date | Vice-county | Country |  |
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| Lepista saeva | Fruitbody | 17 October 2004 | Cambridge | England | 6 | 5 | |
| Lepista saeva | Fruitbody | 28 October 2001 | Berks | England | 11 | 3 | |
| Lepista saeva | Fruitbody | 20 November 1999 | North Wiltshire | England | 4 | 7 | 3 |
| Lepista saeva | Fruitbody | 23 December 1971 | East Sussex | England | 2 |
Suggested Literature
Lepista saeva may be covered by literature listed under:
Feeding and other inter-species relationships
Lepista saeva is associated with:
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fruitbody | Poaceae - grasses - formerly Graminae | fruitbody is associated with | Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [unimproved grassland] | |
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fruitbody | Acer pseudoplatanus - Sycamore, Great Maple (Aceraceae) | fruitbody is associated with | Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 | |
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fruitbody | Crataegus monogyna - Hawthorn (Rosaceae) | fruitbody is associated with | Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 | |
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fruitbody | Broadleaved trees and shrubs | fruitbody is associated with | Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 |
Associated with Lepista saeva:
Lepista saeva may be associated with taxa listed at higher taxonomic level
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MYCETEAE (fungi, moulds and lichens) |
BASIDIOMYCETES (spore droppers) |
AGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools) |
References
| Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 | Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota |
