![]() ![]() Smaller Indigo Milk Cap (Lactarius indigo diminutivus) Indigo Milk Cap (Lactarius indigo indigo) Russulaceae (milkcaps, brittlegills, and allies) Hardwoods, including oak, ironwood, and blue beech and pines.Īgaricomycotina (jelly fungi, yeasts, and mushrooms) Indigo Milk Cap is the only milk cap mushroom that “bleeds blue”.ĭeciduous, mixed, and coniferous forests. It is slimy when young but soon becomes dry. The stalk is bright dark blue, silvery-blue, or grayish-blue, rigid, ¾ ″ to 3 ⅛ ″ long, and ¾ ″ to 1 ″ in diameter. They are closely spaced and widely attached to the stalk, slightly running down the stalk on mature mushrooms. The gills are bright dark blue when young, becoming pale as they age, then yellowish at maturity. It is edible and tastes mild to slightly bitter. It stains blue when it is cut, then slowly turns green. As the cap ages it becomes flat or vase-shaped, the color fades to silvery-blue, and it may develop greenish stains. The latex eventually turns dark green when exposed to air. It is sticky or slimy when wet and exudes a bright dark blue latex or “milk” when cut. It is smooth, dry, and 2 ″ to 6 ″ in diameter. It is deep blue or medium blue and often has concentric rings of color. When young the cap is convex or depressed at the center and the margin is rolled inward. It grows on the roots of hardwoods, including oak, ironwood, and blue beech and pines. In the summer and fall it can be found on the ground alone, scattered, or in groups, in oak and pine woodlands. Indigo Milk Cap is a widespread but uncommon, distinctively colored mushroom. ![]()
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