lilla ebaheinik

Sellest pikast nimekirjast võib-olla enimtuntud on pruunikas ja kollakaspruun heinik, mis aeg-ajalt ka turulaudadele kipuvad eksima ning sügisel suurte kogumikena kasvav ja putukamürgi järgi haisev valge heinik. Ettevaatlik peab olema see, kes tahab korjata kõrgelt hinnatud triibulist heinikut – on olemas võimalus, et ta läheb segi ülalmainitud mürgise hiirheinikuga. Triibulisel heinikul on jala keskosas rohekas helk, hiirheinikul see puudub.

Ka seni väga heaks söögiseeneks peetud hobuheinik on nüüdseks veidi oma väärtusest kaotanud ja just seetõttu, et alkoholiga koos tarvitatuna võib ta põhjustada mürgistust.

If you were asked to name the dishes you have consumed which included lilac or lavender colored ingredients, you might have to think for a while. But if you had ever had a meal of sautéed blewits, you would probably remember immediately. Clitocybe nuda is a highly regarded edible, but should not be eaten raw. Older specimens may have a bad flavor. See the comments below for help distinguishing the blewit from its look-alikes.

The first crop I picked I made into a cream sauce for pasta. It was a good recipe, but the shallots overshadowed the taste of the mushrooms. So when I had a second fruiting I simply sliced them vertically and sautéed them in butter. The distinctive taste of the mushrooms was enhanced, and it was a real treat. I harvested four crops in a month from a year-old pile of grass clippings and leaves.

Description:

Ecology: Saprobic; growing alone, scattered, gregariously, or in clusters; in woods, brush, gardens, under conifers or hardwoods, on lawns, around and on compost piles, or wherever there is organic debris; widely distributed; late summer on into the fall and winter. A single mycelium may produce several crops a year, so check your patches regularly!

Cap: 4-15 cm; convex with an inrolled margin when young, becoming broadly convex to nearly flat, or with an uplifted, often wavy margin in age; surface smooth, slightly sticky and shiny when moist, somewhat shiny to dull when dry; sometimes finely cracked over the center; purple, or purplish with brown to grayish shades when fresh; fading to brownish, flesh-colored, tan, or paler.

Gills: Attached to the stem--sometimes by a notch--or beginning to run down the stem; close or crowded; pale lavender to violet or lilac; sometimes grayish purple when fresh; fading to buff, pinkish-buff or brownish in age.

Stem: 2-5 cm long; 1-3 cm thick at apex; equal or often enlarged at the base; dry; finely hairy; pale purple or colored like the gills; becoming brownish in age; base often covered with downy purple mycelium.

Flesh: Thick; rather soft; purplish to lilac-buff.

Taste: Not distinctive, pleasant, or slightly bitter; odor fragrant.

Spore Print: Pinkish.

Microscopic Details: Spores 5-8 x 3-5 µ; elliptical; roughened or sometimes smooth; inamyloid.

REFERENCES: (Fries) Bigelow & Smith, 1969. (Smith, Smith & Weber, 1979; Arora, 1986; Phillips, 1991/2005; Lincoff, 1992.) Herb. Kuo 10129601, 10090305.

Clitocybe nuda is also known as Lepista nuda. There are numerous synonyms and former names, including Tricholoma nudum, Rhodopaxillus nudus, and Tricholoma personatum. Recent DNA research is inconclusive on the separation of Lepista from Clitocybe (see Moncalvo et al., 2002). "Blewit" apparently derives from “blue hat,” even though the mushroom is more purple than blue.