Indigo Milk Cap

• WhenFruits June to October
• WhereOak and pine woods statewide

Indigo Milk Cap (Lactarius indigo) is a common mushroom in Tennessee. Say it: lak-tair-ee-us in-dih-go.

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  Hericium americanum

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  Rare

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  Calvatia gigantea

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  Grifola frondosa

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  Rare

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  Geastrum saccatum

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More photos

• Annie Weissman (CC BY)
• David Wilkins (CC BY)

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