Even blueberries are not really blue, but purple! Yes I know there's blue Jell-O TM) and blue cereals for kids (for example, the blue diamonds in Lucky Charms TM) now, but there's just one natural blue food that I know - blue corn! (Thanks to David Grubb of San Diego for pointing this out.) Lactarius indigo is delicious simply sautéed in butter, but the most fun way I have prepared them is in an omelet with or with scrambled eggs. On the other hand, Lactarius indigo is a delicious edible mushroom- and fun to eat. It would take a very strong stomach to eat this mushroom, so I don't recommend it at all. Lactarius piperatus, as you might guess by its name, is very peppery in its flavor, almost to the point of being bitter. Some Lactarius are delicious edible mushrooms, but many are poisonous. The latex is normally stored in special large hyphae called lactifers or lactiferous tubes. In that picture you can see abundant white latex being produced after I cut the gills of the mushroom. species, such as Lactarius piperatus, shown below and to the right. This specimen has been cut and a bit of latex is oozing out, but this species does not normally produce as much latex as some other Lactarius. Lactarius in fact means "milk mushroom." You may recognize the "lact-" part of the name from "lactose," commonly known as milk sugar. As a member of the genus Lactarius, it produces a milky latex when cut or bruised. This month's fungus is Lactarius indigo, one of the most beautiful mushrooms you can find in the woods, It's not particularly common, but is fairly widespread in its distribution. Tom Volk's Fungus of the Month for June 2000 This month's fungus is Lactarius indigo, the indigo milk mushroom.įor the rest of my pages on fungi, please click
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