Local Name
Iispera (1).

Description
Cap: The cap is 5–15 cm, convex with an inrolled margin when young, becoming broadly convex to nearly flat or with an uplifted, wavy margin in age, surface smooth, slightly tacky when moist, sometimes finely cracked over the center, usually dull purple, or purplish with brown shades when fresh, fading to brownish, flesh-colored, tan, or paler but sometimes brown or buff from the beginning. Gills are attached to the stem, sometimes by a notch or beginning to run down it, close or crowded, pale lavender to lilac, fading to buff, pinkish-buff, or brownish. Stem: The stem is 4–9 cm long, 1–2 cm thick, equal, or enlarged at the base, dry, finely hairy, or mealy near the apex. pale purple or colored like the gills. becoming brownish in age. Flesh: The flesh is thick, soft, purplish to lilac-buff or whitish, taste not distinctive, pleasant, or slightly bitter, odor fragrant. Spores: The spores are 6–8 X 4–5 µm, ellipsoid, roughened or sometimes smooth, pale pinkish or colourless.
Habitat: On soils, in leafy and coniferous forests or in urban settings. Season: Summer, autumn.
Distribution: Abkhazeti, Javakheti, Tbilisi (2).
Uses
Edibility: Edible when young and fresh (1).

Note: For locals there is almost no difference between Lepista nuda and Lepista sordida, they’re using both species as an edible mushrooms.

References
1. Nakhutsrishvili, I.G. (2007) Fungi of Georgia. Tbilisi: Buneba Printi.
2. Nakhutsrishvili, I.G., et al. (1986) Flora of Spore-producing Plants of Georgia (Summary). Tbilisi: Metsniereba (Russian).