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armando_m

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Lactarius indigo
« on: September 04, 2017, 05:17:23 »
A biologist friend invited me and another photographer friend to go to the woods to look for blue fungi ...

Since I never seen blue fungi I accepted, he said we were a bit late but still we found many

Here are a few images from the blue ones

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Ann

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Re: Lactarius indigo
« Reply #1 on: September 04, 2017, 05:25:35 »
What lovely fungi — I had no idea there were blue fungi.
They certainly provided you with some most unusual photographs.

Are they edible or highly toxic?

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Re: Lactarius indigo
« Reply #2 on: September 04, 2017, 06:08:36 »
Thanks Ann, I was told they are edible once cooked the right amount of time.

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Re: Lactarius indigo
« Reply #3 on: September 04, 2017, 09:07:31 »
it reminds of byzantine blue...
amazing to find such colors in nature...
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Re: Lactarius indigo
« Reply #4 on: September 04, 2017, 15:43:30 »
Thanks Jakov
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Re: Lactarius indigo
« Reply #5 on: September 04, 2017, 16:30:58 »
Very interesting and well done photos. I also had no idea there was such a thing.

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Re: Lactarius indigo
« Reply #6 on: September 04, 2017, 20:57:51 »
Interesting species!

One of the pictures shown in Wiki is shot in Guadalajara.  It seems to be popular out there:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lactarius_indigo
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