Blue Legs or Field Blewit

Lepista saeva The caps are creamy or whitish, the gills are cream at first then pinkish as the spores mature, the main distinct feature is the blue/purple colouring on the stem. Found in old pastures and meadows, usually growing in rings, in good years it is quite common. The season is late autumn up to Christmas. This is one of the few wild mushrooms, apart from the field mushroom, that has been eaten in Britain in the past and is known to have been sold in markets in Derbyshire.