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indigo milk cap

Lactarius indigo

2 Species ID Suggestions

EduHerNav
EduHerNav 11 years ago
Violet mushroom
Cortinarius aff. violaceus
indigo milk cap
Lactarius indigo Lactarius indigo


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9 Comments

EduHerNav
EduHerNav 11 years ago

It may be a Cortinarius violaceus... that's why I suggest to keep it as Aff. (Afín=related)

EduHerNav
EduHerNav 11 years ago

Im sorry to dissapoint you, but that's not a L. indigo.

tatsrus1
tatsrus1 11 years ago

very pretty

chesterbperry
chesterbperry 11 years ago

I agree with LWP, L. indigo has a series of cleary visible cocentric rings, not a solid blue color.

Adam Braz tb2
Adam Braz tb2 11 years ago

cool coloured mushrooms =D

mauna Kunzah
mauna Kunzah 11 years ago

I found this two days ago as well! :)

MatthewPratt
MatthewPratt 11 years ago

I found one too!

lightworkerpeace
lightworkerpeace 11 years ago

I think a Cortinarius species is more likely. http://www.mushroomexpert.com/cortinariu...

KarissaBelverio
KarissaBelverio 11 years ago

usually i don't care much to find out the species name but this mushroom was so cool lookin i HAD to google it! haha(:

MarcSefrino
Spotted by
MarcSefrino

Freetown, Massachusetts, USA

Spotted on Sep 7, 2012
Submitted on Sep 7, 2012

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