Sign in Start free
Species library › Lepista › Lepista glaucocana
Fungi Little published: much of this is inferred from related species

Lepista glaucocana

Lepista glaucocana is a pale grey-lilac relative of the wood blewit, native to Europe and North America. It fruits in late autumn in leaf and needle litter; conditions here follow Lepista nuda, which is cultivated on leaf compost.

Lepista glaucocana
Photo: Strobilomyces, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day Cool-growingTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Very humid airBand in Plantistry
Light ShadeDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest period

Where it grows wild

A litter saprotroph in deciduous and coniferous woods, often in rings, as for other Lepista.

Recorded from 106 to 2040 m, median 600 m; mostly submontane.

Central EuropeNorthern EuropeSouthern EuropeNorth America

🔒 Growing it like that

The wild conditions above, turned into targets for a shelf, a tent or a greenhouse. The full profile has:

✓ Day and night temperature targets, and the limits it tolerates
✓ Humidity band, and how to hold it
✓ Light as DLI and PPFD for a grow light
✓ Wet and dry seasons, and whether to rest it
✓ Substrate and airflow
✓ A step-by-step setup to grow it like the wild

Grow Lepista glaucocana? Add it to a free garden and its full profile opens. Pro opens all 38,374 profiles in the library, plants and fungi.

Start free Sign in

More Lepista

Lepista irina Lepista luscina Lepista panaeolus Lepista aeruginosa Lepista amara Lepista argentina Lepista bajan-agtensis Lepista barbara Lepista bonii Lepista caffrorum Lepista calathus Lepista carpatica All 69 →

Profiles are drafts built from measured range and climate and from published sources; each section carries its own confidence in the app. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, used under its CC BY-SA 3.0 licence, unmodified.