Collybia nuda

Collybia nuda
Wood blewit
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Clitocybaceae
Genus: Collybia
Species:
C. nuda
Binomial name
Collybia nuda
(Bull.) Z.M. He & Zhu L. Yang (2023)
Synonyms

Agaricus nudus Bull. (1790)
Cortinarius nudus (Bull.) Gray (1821)
Gyrophila nuda (Fr.) Quél. (1886)
Lepista nuda (Bull.) Cooke (1871)
Tricholoma nudum (Bull.) P.Kumm. (1871)
Rhodopaxillus nudus (Bull.) Maire (1913) Tricholoma personatum var. nudum (Bull.) Rick (1961)

Collybia nuda
Gills on hymenium
Cap is convex or umbonate
Hymenium is emarginate
Stipe is bare
Spore print is buff
Ecology is saprotrophic
Edibility is choice

Collybia nuda, commonly known as the blewit or wood blewit and previously described as Lepista nuda and Clitocybe nuda, is a species of fungi. Described by Pierre Bulliard in 1790, it was also known as Tricholoma nudum for many years. It was reassigned to the genus Collybia in 2023.

The species is native to Europe and North America. It is found in both coniferous and deciduous woodlands. It has been cultivated in Britain, the Netherlands and France. It is a widely consumed edible mushroom.