Indigo Milky

A strikingly blue mushroom fruiting body emerged from the leaf litter in the woods of Wakulla State Forest.
Lactarius indigo fungi is found in much of the eastern and southwestern United States.
For more information on indigo milky fungi see the Mushroom Expert page for this species.

Kingdom: Fungi
  Phylum: Basidiomycota
    Class: Agaricomycetes
      Order: Russulales
        Family: Russulaceae
          Genus: Lactarius
             Lactarius indigo - INDIGO MILKY

For a taxonomic tree and links to other fungi posted on Wild Florida Photo see the Fungi at Wild Florida Photo page.