Sordid blewit
Collybia sordida · 紫晶蘑
Occasional口蘑科🔥 Edible With Preparation
Sources report it requires expert processing before it can be eaten; cases of poisoning from improper handling have been recorded.
The same species can be described differently across regions and stages of maturity, and countless look-alike species cannot be told apart by eye. Never use the information on this page to judge whether a real mushroom is safe to eat.
How to Tell
- Entirely pale purple, smaller and paler than wood blewit
- Cap darker when wet, fading when dry
- Grows in grassland and compost
ID notes are compiled by AI from public sources, not reviewed by a mycologist, for learning only — never a basis for foraging.
Basics
- Family
- 口蘑科
- Hymenium
- Gills
- Grows On
- Grassland
- How Big
- 3–8 cm (cap diameter)
- Encounter Rate
- Occasional
- Habitat
- Grassland, vegetable gardens and compost edges
Easily Confused With
Wood blewitOverall lilac colored, cap fading to brown with age
Amethyst deceiverEntirely amethyst purple, fading to grayish white when dryFun Fact
Smaller and thinner than wood blewit, and its color fades faster too; both share the pale pink spore print typical of the Lepista genus.