![]() ![]() Other Milk Caps, but with the blue, mild tasting milk they are fairly easy to ID. The milk is sometimes used to add colour to marinades and they are sold commercially in many parts of the world, for example South America and China. This image was created by user at Mushroom Observer, a source for mycological images.You can contact this user here.English | español | français | italiano | македонски | മലയാളം | português | +/−, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia CommonsĪ tasty mushroom with a lovely firm texture. When damaged they release a deep blue or indigo milk that will become dark green with age, the milk is mild tasting. The gills are fairly crowded and are adnate to slightly decurrent. The gills are a similar colour to the cap and often stain green/blue when they are damaged. indigo milkcap, picked milk on a thumb-Alan Rockefeller, CC BY-SA 3.0 The stem is solid when young but often becomes hollow with age. They can be up to 6 cm long, a similar colour to the cap. ![]() Indigo milkcap insitu-Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE, CC BY-SA 2.0 A widely distributed species, it grows naturally in eastern North America, East Asia, and Centra. They can fade slightly but the central umbo tends to remain darker in colour. Photograph by Dan Molter Lactarius indigo, commonly known as the indigo milk cap, the indigo (or blue) Lactarius, or the blue milk mushroom, is a species of fungus in the Russulaceae family of mushrooms. They are convex when young and tend to become more funnel shaped with age, often with a raised central umbo. Identifying Features to help with Indigo Milkcap (Lactarius indigo) Identification: Cap:īlue to silver in colour, around 5-15 cm across. They can be found in deciduous and evergreen forests, they form mycorrhizal relationships with many different tree species.Ī fairly easy-to-identify mushroom, the blue caps and blue milk make it quite distinctive. Through this Indigo Milkcap (Lactarius indigo) Identification guide we will be taking a look at a very distinct member of the Milkcap family, quite rare but a lovely find. Poisonous Golden Milk Cap (Lactarius alnicola) has the same shape and structure as the Indigo Milk Cap but is yellow/gold instead of blue.Ĭrosscut view of poisonous Golden Milk Cap.īuy my book! Outdoor Adventure Guides Foraging covers 70 of North America's tastiest and easy to find wild edibles shown with the same big pictures as here on the Foraging Texas website.Indigo milkcap, single pale example-RPBnimrod, CC BY 2.0 It has the same shape, rings, and size as the edible Lactarius indigo but it has a gold color and weeps white milk.` One common one is the Golden Milk Cap (Lactarius alnicola). Other members of the Lactarius family can be poisonous. The milk won't color sauces blue, unfortunately. They do well in everything from simply sauteing in butter to deep frying. The stem (aka stipe) is bare, with no remains of a cover or volva.Ĭook Indigo Milk Caps as you would any other fleshy mushroom. These gills are "adnate" which means they stop at the stem. Indigo Blue Milk Caps have true gills that are made of a different tissue than the cap itself. A widely distributed species, it grows naturally in eastern North America, East Asia, and Central America it has also been reported in southern France. As it matures the cap edge spreads out and lifts, creating a depression in the top center of the mushroom and it loses its circular shape, becoming wavy. 1 Summary 2 Lactarius indigo, commonly known as the indigo milk cap, the indigo (or blue) lactarius, or the blue milk mushroom, is a species of agaric fungus in the family Russulaceae. The edge of the cap will curl under the mushroom, partially hiding the gills. When younger the cap is circular in shape and domed. The cap is a silvery color with blue rings. The inner surface of the mushroom will change from blue to green in the same manner. This milk will turn a dark green as it's exposed to air. Also, they do not grow on dead or living wood.ĭamage to the cap or stem will produce a copious bleeding of the blue milk from which the mushroom gets it's name. They usually don't appear in large numbers close to one another, preferring a more solitary life rather than a plentiful colony. ![]() It's rarer but not impossible to find them in heavy pine forests. Their distinctive blue color makes them stand out against the leaf litter below shaded, moist environs of hardwood forests of oak, hickory, and elm. Indigo Milk Cap mushrooms are a summertime treasure in the woods of Texas. Older mushroom, having lost its circular shape. The cap will weep a blue "milk" when cut or damaged. The interior of the cap and stem are blue. The gills are closely packed, stop at the stem, and don't run the etire length from cap edge to stem. Indigo Milk Caps have distinctive, blue rings on a convave (slghtly funnel shaped) cap. ACCEPTS NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR IDENTIFICATION ERRORS BY ANY READERS. Nutritional Value: vitamins, minerals, fiberĭangers: beware of poisonous mimic Golden Milk Cap (Lactarius alnicola)ĬOLLECTING MUSHROOM REQUIRES 100% CERTAINTY. ![]()
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