_General Information_: This fungus was originally placed in _Tricholoma_, but due to differences in anatomy and the distinctly coloured and ornamented spores it has been placed along with ‘common blewits’ _T. personatum_ (Fries) Kummer (or better _L. saeva_ (Fries) P. D. Orton), in the genus _Lepista_. This genus which is also called _Rhodopaxillus_, again referring to the pinkish spore-print, is not found in many of the easily obtainable books. One should look for the fungus under _Tricholoma_, from which it can be separated easily by the beautiful colour. Both the ‘wood blewits’ and ‘common blewits’ have been regularly sold in markets in England within the last fifty years. They are edible and considered of high quality. In their fresh state they are easily recognised, but as they age they become browned and so resemble many other less desirable fungi. _Illustrations_: F 17^{d}; Hvass 49; LH 91; NB 125²; WD 12³ (a bit too pastel). [Illustration: Plate 42. Fleshy fungi: Spores pale pinkish and borne on gills] ~Agaricus bisporus~ (J. Lange) Pilát Common mushroom _Cap_: width 40-100 mm. _Stem_: width 15-25 mm; length 50-75 mm. _Description_: Plate 43. Cap: rounded gradually expanding to become plane, whitish with numerous brown radiating fibrils and with the margin irregular because of fragments from the ring which are left there after expansion of the cap. Stem: short, cylindrical, smooth, bruising reddish-brown when handled and with a narrow ring which soon collapses and disappears. Gills: free, pink at first then purple-brown, narrow and crowded. Flesh: solid, thick, firm and slowly flushing brownish on cutting. Spore-print: purple-brown. Spores: medium-sized, broadly ellipsoid, purple-brown under the microscope, less than 10 µm long, (6-8 × 5-6 µm). Marginal cystidia: club-shaped, 10-12 µm at apex. Facial cystidia: absent. Basidia: 2-spored. _Habitat_ & _Distribution_: Frequent on manure heaps, straw heaps, on road scrapings and around garden plants.