Wood Blewit in Shropshire: the week ahead
Collybia nuda
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.
Flush phase
- Quiet
- Starting
- Building
- Peak
- Fading
Updated 18 September 2026, 11:37 BST
7 days
Index, day by day
Week's best 47average 46by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today4618 Sept
- Sat4519 Sept
- Sun4620 Sept
- Mon4721 Sept
- Tue4622 Sept
- Wed4623 Sept
- Thu4524 Sept
Map
Where to look: wood 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.
Wood Blewit in Shropshire: where to look
Wood Blewit: the species in brief
How to tell it
Fresh specimens are violet to lilac across the cap, gills and stem, fading towards buff or brown with age. The spore print is pale rather than rusty brown. The smell is often sweet or fruity.
Where it grows
In leaf litter in broadleaved and mixed woodland, hedgerows, parks and piles of decaying leaves.
In the kitchen
Cook thoroughly. It can be fried, stewed or preserved; much of the violet colour fades during cooking.
Nutrition
Low in calories. It is valued mainly for its late season and abundance.
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What else is out here now
The other species in this region, by today's index.
Wood 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.