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blewits

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blewits [ˈbluːɪts]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) (functioning as singular) an edible saprotroph agaricaceous fungus, Tricholoma saevum, having a pale brown cap and bluish stalk
[probably based on blue]
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Noun1.blewits - edible agaric that is pale lilac when youngblewits - edible agaric that is pale lilac when young; has a smooth moist cap
Clitocybe nuda
agaric - a saprophytic fungus of the order Agaricales having an umbrellalike cap with gills on the underside
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However, these Wood Blewits can be mistaken as the purple Cortinarius variety of mushroom, in which many are considered to be poisonous.
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Some such as oyster mushroom are cultivated like shiitake, others like blewits and stropharia can be grown in landscape and garden mulches.
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