Lepista saeva (Fr.) P.D. Orton
(Field Blewits Blue Leg)

Interactions where Lepista saeva is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
fruitbody fruitbody is associated with Crataegus monogyna Hawthorn Rosales: Rosaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Tricholomataceae/Lepista saeva/Lepista saevafield blewits blue legfruitbody Plant / associate /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Crataegus monogyna/Crataegus monogynahawthorn
fruitbody fruitbody is associated with Acer pseudoplatanus Sycamore, Great Maple Sapindales: Sapindaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Tricholomataceae/Lepista saeva/Lepista saevafield blewits blue legfruitbody Plant / associate /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Sapindales/Sapindaceae/Acer pseudoplatanus/Acer pseudoplatanussycamore, great maple
fruitbody fruitbody is associated with [Broadleaved trees and shrubs] broadleaved trees and shrubs Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Tricholomataceae/Lepista saeva/Lepista saevafield blewits blue legfruitbody Plant / associate /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees and shrubs/Broadleaved trees and shrubsbroadleaved trees and shrubs
fruitbody fruitbody is associated with POACEAE grasses, couch Poales Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Tricholomataceae/Lepista saeva/Lepista saevafield blewits blue legfruitbody Plant / associate /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Poaceaegrasses, couch

Author & YearTitleSource
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Lepista saeva (Field Blewits Blue Leg) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Lepista saeva (Field Blewits Blue Leg) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesLepista saeva (Field Blewits Blue Leg)
GenusLepista (a genus of toadstools)
FamilyTRICHOLOMATACEAE (a family of toadstools)
OrderAGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools)
SubclassAGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
ClassAGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
SubphylumAGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Lepista saeva (Field Blewits Blue Leg)

Lepista saeva (Field Blewits Blue Leg) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Baker, T. 1985 A note on the Blewit Bull. Br. mycol. Soc. Vol 19 (1): 61.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Lepista saeva (Field Blewits Blue Leg):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 39 images of Lepista saeva (Field Blewits Blue Leg)

Field Blewits is a toadstool which grows in troops in grassland, especially where calcareous. It is typically a species of late autumn and can continue through the winter if the weather isn’t too severe. It has a smooth brown to grey cap, paler towards the margin and a lilac stem. The gills too are lilac-coloured and the minutely spiny spores are pink.

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