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blewits

British

/ ˈbluːɪts /

noun

(functioning as singular) an edible saprotroph agaricaceous fungus, Tricholoma saevum , having a pale brown cap and bluish stalk

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Etymology

Origin of blewits

C19: probably based on _blue

Example Sentences

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If you know when and where to look, you can find sumptuous patches of violet blewits, a foreboding rust-colored tree pathogen called the “orange hobnail canker” and a honey-hued jelly fungi known as “witches’ butter.”

From New York Times • Apr. 15, 2021

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