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Lepista personata

Field blewit

The field blewit or blue-leg is a stocky, pale-capped Lepista with a violet stem that fruits in rings in pastures and grassland in late autumn. It is edible and occasionally grown like the wood blewit, but it fruits less readily in cultivation.

Lepista personata
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At home, aim for
Day Cool-growingTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Very humid airBand in Plantistry
Light Full sunDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest period

Where it grows wild

Saprotroph of grassland, pastures, hedgerows and lawn edges on rich soil, typically in rings.

Recorded from sea level to 1015 m, median 315 m; lowland.

Northern EuropeWestern EuropeCentral EuropeSouthern EuropeNorth America

🔒 Growing it like that

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✓ 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

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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.