| Name |
Lactarius indigo |
| Group |
Agaric |
| Description |
Bright blue with concentric rings on pileus, fading to greenish blue with age. Copius blue latex when cut, short stipe relative to pileus width. |
| Distribution |
Beneath Quercus oleoides forest on Rincón de la vieja, throughout Santa Rosa. Very common at Finca Jenny. |
| Pileus |
|
| Color |
Bright blue |
| Shape |
Convex, shallowly to deeply depressed |
| Diameter |
3.5-11 cm |
| Surface |
Smooth |
| Margin texture |
Entire |
| Margin Shape |
Involute to arched |
| Context color |
Blue |
| change? |
|
| Hymenophore |
|
| Color |
Blue |
| change? |
greenish or brownish with age |
| Gill attach |
Subdecurrent |
| Gill spacing |
Close |
| Lamellulae? |
Many |
| Stipe |
|
| Color |
Bright blue |
| Position |
Central to Excentric |
| Form |
Variable |
| Length |
1.8-7 cm |
| Diameter |
8-19 mm |
| Surface |
Smooth |
| Other |
|
| Growth habit |
Scattered to gregarious |
| Volva |
No |
| Annulus |
No |
| Spore Print |
Pale yellow |
| Notes |
Copious blue latex when cut, stipe often hollow |
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