Indigo Milk Cap - Lactarius indigo
**I have been nearly desperate to find this mushroom for years now. This is my very first! It was tiny and not as impressive as the larger ones, but it was still really cool!
This mushroom was tiny. The cap was grayish with a bit of brown. When handled, it bruised green. When cut, the flesh quickly bruised blue.
Habitat: Growing in moss in a mixed forest.
''Lactarius indigo'', commonly known as the indigo milk cap, the indigo lactarius, or the blue milk mushroom, is a species of agaric fungus in the family Russulaceae. A widely distributed species, it grows naturally in eastern North America, East Asia, and Central America; it has also been reported in southern France. ''L. indigo'' grows on the ground in both deciduous and coniferous forests, where it forms mycorrhizal associations with a broad range of trees. The fruit body color ranges from dark.. more
