Field Blewit in Ceredigion: the week ahead

Collybia personata

The map below is built from the measurement network. A 2.5 km grid with a per-species layer is computed for one region so far.

Today

Field Blewit
Building

confidence 45%

Flush phase

  1. Quiet
  2. Starting
  3. Building
  4. Peak
  5. Fading

Updated 18 September 2026, 11:37 BST

7 days

Index, day by day

Week's best 53average 51by the weekend steady

The week is flat — no day to pick, conditions are the same throughout.

  1. Today5118 Sept
  2. Sat5019 Sept
  3. Sun5320 Sept
  4. Mon5321 Sept
  5. Tue5122 Sept
  6. Wed5023 Sept
  7. Thu5024 Sept

Numbers are taken at the measurement point nearest the centre of the region — a real calculation at one place, not an average over the area.

Map

Where to look: field blewit

A field over the measurement network. The colour here is for the leading species at each point, not for this one; a per-species layer is computed for one region so far.

About the species. Edible when correctly identified and thoroughly cooked. Do not eat it raw. Because it often grows in pasture and other open ground, avoid visibly contaminated, heavily treated or roadside sites.

Field Blewit in Ceredigion: where to look

Field Blewit — botanical illustration

Field Blewit: the species in brief

How to tell it

A pale buff to greyish cap on a thick lilac or violet stem. The contrast between the pale cap and coloured stem is characteristic, but should not be used as the only identification feature.

Where it grows

On pasture, downland, grassy commons, garden edges and other open, nutrient-rich ground.

In the kitchen

Cook thoroughly. The flesh is firm and works well fried, stewed or preserved.

Nutrition

Low in calories with a modest protein content.

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What else is out here now

The other species in this region, by today's index.

Field Blewit in neighbouring regions

A regional boundary means nothing to a mushroom, and the next region is sometimes closer than the far side of your own. The index is for today.