![]() The Holy Bible (Douay-Rheims translation) by God Lactarius indigo is a blue or blue-gray mushroom that bleeds blue when damaged. Bringing home some great wild edible mushrooms that you’re excited about, only to find them gritty upon cooking… well, let’s just say it dampens the spirit a bit. Once a mushroom has dirt in its gills, it’s really hard to get it out again. That keeps dirt from falling into the gills. ![]() The knife is used to trim the “roots” off the base of the mushroom before it goes in the basket. ![]() I also carry a basket for any edible mushrooms I find, along with a walking stick I use to push aside tall grass and weeds. The coolest thing is just that it’s beautiful.Ĭarrying a knife when you go mushroom hunting is always a good idea. It tends to be more crumbly than rubbery. The flavor is similar to a portobello but the texture is grainier. Lactarius indigo isn’t a bad-tasting mushroom. ![]() This most recent time I had my camera with me – check it out: Since then, I’ve found Lactarius indigo mushrooms two more times, always in the same semi-wooded field where I found the first one a year ago. I’m pretty sure I’d seen the Indigo milk cap before in a guide book and I figured, well, whether it’s edible or not… I sure feel cool about finding something so beautiful.įortunately, when I double-checked it at home, I discovered it was indeed edible. The first time I found a Lactarius indigo (known in normal boring language as the Indigo milk cap) I said to myself, “is this incredible blue mushroom edible? Could something this beautiful and bright actually be non-poisonous?” ![]()
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