How to Grow Lepista Nuda

Lepista nuda is the Latin name for the blewit mushroom, also sometimes referred to as either the wood blewit or field blewit mushroom. These lilac-tinted mushrooms are edible when well-cooked, and good in soups and stews or with pastas. They grow throughout the world in a variety of climates. The easiest way to cultivate blewits is to grow them in your compost pile, as this is the sort of substrate they prefer. They are considered one of the easiest mushrooms to cultivate.

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Instructions

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  Choose a substrate of leaf litter that is partially composted mixed with pine needles, soaked straw scattered over dirt, or an 80/20 mix of horse manure and straw seasoned with gypsum fertilizer for the proper pH. The substrate is the growing medium for the mushrooms. Fungus prefers partially decomposed matter, like compost. Mix your compost with the above combinations in order to tailor it to your blewits.
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  Choose a day from February through October to incorporate the spawn (this can be purchased online through reputable mushroom suppliers) into your chosen substrate. Rake back the leaf litter or straw until you reach bare soil, place the spawn, and cover back over with the substrate. The amount of spawn depends on how much compost you have; the general guideline is to use approximately 30 pounds of spawn to 1 ton of compost.
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  Add a casing layer on top. This may consist of peat or loamy soil. It should function to hold moisture and support the growing spawn but not be heavy enough to slow their growth. The casing layer should be about an inch thick or less.

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