How to distinguish between Lepista nuda and L. sordida
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adampembs
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Re: How to distinguish between Lepista nuda and L. sordida
No, I mean what is the size of the mushroom?
Adam Pollard
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Re: How to distinguish between Lepista nuda and L. sordida
The size is within the range of both, but admittingly in the median of nuda and higher end of sordida: cap 75mm across; height 42mm; stipe: 9mm; lamella 6.5mm wide.
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Re: How to distinguish between Lepista nuda and L. sordida
I think you are right with L. sordida. It's always hard with a single fruitbody, but the stem diameter is a better fit, along with the other characters. All of the L nuda I've seen has been much more robust. The only L. sordida I've found was noticeably smaller, so much so that I first thought it was Laccaria amethystina.
Adam Pollard
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Re: How to distinguish between Lepista nuda and L. sordida
Thank you Adam - I am considering the smell as a good character too. The Maltese sordida are always a bit more robust than the norm. but maintaining the brownish tones of the pileus in wet conditions.