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MUSHROOMS, EDIBLE AND OTHERWISE 



of the cap has a silvery-gray appear- 

 ance through which the indigo color 

 is seen. The surface of the cap is 

 marked with a series of concentric 

 zones of darker shade, as will he seen 

 in Figure 130 especially on the 

 margin ; sometimes spotted, becoming 

 paler and less distinctly zonate with 

 age or in drying. 



The gills are crowded, indigo blue, 

 becoming yellowish and sometimes 

 greenish, with age. 



The stem is one to two inches long, 

 short, nearly equal, hollow, often spot- 

 ted with blue, colored like the 

 pileus. 



It is edible but rather coarse. Found 

 in open woods July and August. 



Figure 131. Lactarius indigo. One-third natural 

 size, showing gills. 



Ficumg 132. Lactariui regal is, Natural size. Caps white, tinged with yel 



