Lepista personata

Lepista personata (also recognised as Lepista saeva, Clitocybe saeva and Tricholoma personatum, and commonly known as the field blewit and blue-leg) is a species of edible fungus commonly found growing in grassy areas across Europe and is morphologically related to the wood blewit (Lepista nuda).

Lepista personata
Field blewit (Lepista personata) in its natural habitat
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Tricholomataceae
Genus: Lepista
Species:
L. personata
Binomial name
Lepista personata
Synonyms

Lepista saeva
Clitocybe saeva
Tricholoma amethystinum
Tricholoma personatum
Tricholoma personatum f. minor
Tricholoma personatum var. anserina
Tricholoma personatum var. saevum
Tricholoma saevum
Rhodopaxillus personatus
Rhodopaxillus saevus
Agaricus anserinus
Agaricus personatus β saevus

Lepista personata
Gills on hymenium
Cap is convex or flat
Hymenium is emarginate
Stipe is bare
Spore print is pink
Ecology is saprotrophic
Edibility is choice
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