Parque Natural de Urkiola · Ayuntamiento de Abadiño
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From nudus (lat) = Naked. Due to its lack of a ring (?) curtain (?)
Common name = Wood Blewit
CAP: 5 to 12 cm in diameter, convex, then nearly flat, smooth, wavy and rolled edge, separable cuticulte, hygrophanous, palidec when dry, violet-blue, brown in the centre and in age.
GILLS: Tight, uneven, adherent and low-cut, separable and light violet.
STEM: Up to 10 cm long and 3 cm thick, full, fibrous, the same colour as the gills or lights, with mycelium and the remains of hummus at the base.
FLESH: Whitish to light lilac, fat, sweet flavour and undefined aromatic smell.
HABITAT: Autumn to start of winter in fields and moorland, and oak, beech and pine forests. It sometimes sprouts in Spring.
EDIBILITY: Very tasty.
OBSERVATIONS: Well known and sought after as it is easy to identify thanks to its colour. It can be confused with Cortinarius azules, but they have a curtain, and with L.sordida, which is smaller and lighter, but also edible.
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