Lactarius Indigo

Lactarius indigo

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Lactarius Indigo
Lactarius indigo

This is not a common mushroom, but it does grow in this area. Nothing is more eye-opening than to be walking in the woods and spot a blue mushroom! Any naturally true blue food is very rare and the only two known are blue mushroom species and a type of corn. If you are thinking blueberries, you are wrong, they are actually purple. This mushroom, as with the other members of the Lactarius family, will ooze a milky latex when bruised or cut. L. Indigo is a good tasting butter and most people simply sautee them in butter.

Parents like to surprise their kids at breakfast with this mushroom. The mushrooms turn the eggs green! The kids really can have green eggs and ham for breakfast.

Warning: There are other blue mushrooms and some are poisonous. Be sure you know you are picking Lactarius indigo.

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