# Lepista

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For the moth genus, see [*Lepista* (moth)](/source/Lepista_(moth)).

***Lepista*** is a [genus](/source/Genus) of [mushroom](/source/Mushroom)-forming [fungi](/source/Fungi). According to the *[Dictionary of the Fungi](/source/Dictionary_of_the_Fungi)* (10th edition, 2008), the widespread genus contains approximately 50 species.[1] In 1969, Howard Bigelow and Alex H. Smith designated the group as subgenus of *[Clitocybe](/source/Clitocybe)*.[2]

A genetic study conducted in 2015 revealed that the genera *Collybia* and *Lepista* were closely related to the core clade of *Clitocybe.* However, all three genera were found to be polyphyletic, with several members located in lineages distinct from other members within the same genus. Instead, they were more closely related to members of the other two genera. Alvarado and colleagues chose not to define the genera but presented various options and emphasized the necessity for a broader analysis.[3]

## Selected species

- *[Lepista caespitosa](/source/Lepista_caespitosa)*
- *[Lepista glaucocana](/source/Lepista_glaucocana)*
- *[Lepista sordida](/source/Lepista_sordida)*

### Former species

- *[Collybia personata](/source/Collybia_personata)*, formerly *Lepista personata*, *Lepista saeva*, or *Clitocybe saeva*, field blewit
- *[Collybia nuda](/source/Collybia_nuda)*, formerly *Lepista nuda* or *Clitocybe nuda*, wood blewit

## See also

- [List of Tricholomataceae genera](/source/List_of_Tricholomataceae_genera)

## References

1. Kirk, P. M.; Cannon, P. F.; Minter, D. W.; Stalpers, J. A. (2008). *Dictionary of the Fungi*. 10th ed. Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 369. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.

1. Bigelow, H. E. & Smith, A. H. (1969). "The status of *Lepista*—a new section of *Clitocybe*". *Brittonia*. **21** (2): 144–77. [Bibcode:1969Britt..21..144B](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1969Britt..21..144B). [doi:10.2307/2805523](https://doi.org/10.2307/2805523). [JSTOR 2805523](https://www.jstor.org/stable/2805523). [S2CID 29545895](https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:29545895)

1. Alvarado, P.; Moreno, G.; Vizzini, A.; Consiglio, G.; Manjón, J. L.; Setti, L. (2015). ["*Atractosporocybe*, *Leucocybe* and *Rhizocybe*, three new clitocyboid genera in the Tricholomatoid clade (Agaricales) with notes on *Clitocybe* and *Lepista*"](http://www.mycologia.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=short&pmid=25344261). *Mycologia*. **107** (1): 123–36. [doi:10.3852/13-369](https://doi.org/10.3852/13-369). [hdl:2318/152676](https://hdl.handle.net/2318/152676). [PMID 25344261](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25344261). [S2CID 22901826](https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:22901826)

## Further reading

- Gulden, G. (1983). "Studies in *Lepista* (Fr.) W.G. Smith section Lepista (Basidiomycotina, Agaricales)". *Sydowia*. 36: 59–74.
- Gulden, G. (1992). "*Lepista*". In Hansen, L. & Knudsen, H. (red.): *Nordic macromycetes*, vol 2. - Copenhagen
- Harmaja, H. (1974). "A revision of the generic limit between *Clitocybe* and *Lepista*". *Karstenia*. 14: 82–92.
- Harmaja, H. (1976). "A further revision of the generic limit between *Lepista* and *Clitocybe*". *Karstenia*. 15: 13–15.
- Harmaja, H. (2003). "Notes on *Clitocybe s. lato* (Agaricales)". *Annales Botanici Fennici*. 40: 213–218.
- Lange, J. E. (1935). *Flora Agaricina Danica*. bind 1. Copenhagen.
- Moncalvo, J. M.; Vilgalys, R.; Redhead, S. A. et al. (2002). "One hundred and seventeen clades of euagarics". *Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution*. **23** (3): 357–400. [doi:10.1016/S1055-7903(02)00027-1](https://doi.org/10.1016/S1055-7903(02)00027-1). [PMID 12099793](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12099793)
- Moser, M. (1983). "Die Röhrlinge und Blätterpilze". *Kleine Kryptogamenflora*. 5. Auflage. Stuttgart.
- Petersen, J. H. & Vesterholt, J. (1990) (red.). *Danske storsvampe*. Copenhagen.
- Reid, A. D. (1968). "Coloured icones of rare and interesting fungi", part 3. Suppl. *Nova Hedwigia*. 15: 13–14.

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