Clitocybe nuda

Blewit ( Lepista nuda )

The Purple Rötelritterling ( Lepista nuda ) is a mushroom in the family of Tricholoma relatives. Previously, he was counted among the knights Lingen ( Tricholoma ). In Europe, the species is common.

Features

Macroscopic characteristics

The young fungus is clearly colored purple on both hat and fins as well as on a stick. With increasing age, the color changes to brown. The fleshy, often brown from the outset hat is 5-15 cm wide and initially hemispherical shaped, later expanded flat and bent wavy. The strong, cylindrical to club-shaped purple stem is up to 3 cm thick, 12 cm long, with silvery white longitudinal fibers on its surface. The edge is rolled long. The bulged on style grown slats can be easily removed, are almost suppressed and are gray purple. The flesh is soft, delicate and slightly purple. The smell is pleasantly spicy aromatic, the taste mild nutty. The spore powder has flesh- reddish color.

Microscopic characteristics

The elliptical and colorless spores measure 6.5-8.5 × 4-5 microns.

Artabgrenzung

The fungus can called with the poisonous purple spot ends clubfoot ( Cortinarius purpurascens ), also purple stain Ender mucus head, confused. The purple stain finish mucus head is, however, easy to identify, if one pays attention to the sweet smell, the cobweb veil and the rust-brown, flesh- pink spore powder.

Ecology

The Purple Knights Ling grows from September to late autumn in both coniferous and deciduous forests and meadows and gardens. He preferred humus soils. He is most numerously found in large fairy rings and rows.

Importance

The Purple Rötelritterling is a good edible mushroom. Its sweet taste is not appreciated by all.

Swell

• Hans E. Laux: The Cosmos fungal Atlas. 2nd edition. Franckh - Kosmos Verlag, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 3-440-10622-5.
• Andreas Gminder, Tanja Böhning: What mushroom is this? Cosmos naturalist guide, Franckh - Kosmos Verlag, Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 978-3-440-10797-3.