Funghi
Blewit
Blewit (Lepista nuda), or wood blewit, is a lilac- to tan-capped wild mushroom with a dense, fragrant flesh and perfumed, slightly floral savour. Field blewits (Lepista saeva) are close culinary cousins with pale caps and lilac stems. Always cook well. Excellent in stews, sautés, and cream sauces; aroma intensifies when dried lightly or cooked slowly.
Also known as: Wood Blewit / Field Blewit, Pied bleu, Violetter Rötelritterling, Blewit
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European foragers collected blewits as late-season woodland and pasture mushrooms.
British and French markets sold blewits as recognised wild edible fungi.
Field guides distinguished wood blewits from purple toxic lookalikes for safer foraging.
Specialty foragers and restaurants revived blewits on autumn menus.