Blewit - (Lepista nuda) Sawdust Spawn- 5lb

 Blewits are lilac to purple mushrooms that can be found fruting during the fall and winter months, these need a heavy frost or freeze to initiate fruiting, so Blewits will not fruit in tropical climates. They taste mild and silky, and are best sliced and seared before adding to creamy potatoes soups with a dash of Sherry! A great recycler of hardwood leaves and compost, we have mixed this into our kitchen compost, shredded leaves, and mulched it into our vegetable garden, where it fruits. Two flushes a few weeks apart normal. Beautiful purple-lilac caps. Spore print is white, this one can resemble a Cortinarius (spore print rusty orange) so take a spore prints and no problems! Appr. weight: 5 lb.

For detailed instructions on how to grow the silky blewit mushroom, pease visit out blog: Growing Blewit Mushrooms in your Garden or on your Patio.

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Blewit "Velvet" - Lepista nuda - Every fall, we find masses of blewit mushrooms in the city of Clemson, SC. Most probably because the city heavily mulches everywhere in and around this university city. We have isolated this strain, and have been growing it on our Mushroom Mountain trail. 

Edibility and Taste: Meaty and sweet with a silky texture.
Grows On: Hardwood leaf compost or composted livestock manure.
Fruiting Temps: Fruits after first freeze and during cold months (30-45F)
Availability: Year-Round

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Blewit "Pine" - Lepista nuda - This type of blewit was found fruiting in pine needle litter around pine trees in Liberty, SC. Gorgeous and meaty specimens, they surprise us with their beautiful lilac and silky fruiting bodies every late spring. 

Edibility and Taste: Meaty and sweet with a silky texture.
Grows On: Pine leaf compost or composted livestock manure.
Fruiting Temps: Fruits after first freeze and during cold months (30-45F)
Availability: Year-Round