 The flesh is pallid to bluish in color , slowly turning greenish after being exposed to air ; its taste is mild to slightly acrid . The flesh of the entire mushroom is brittle , and the stem , if bent sufficiently , will snap open cleanly . The latex exuded from injured tissue is indigo blue , and stains the wounded tissue greenish ; like the flesh , the latex has a mild taste . Lactarius indigo is noted for not producing as much latex as other Lactarius species , and older specimens in particular may be too dried out to produce any latex . 
 The flesh is pallid to bluish in color , slowly turning greenish after being exposed to air ; its taste is mild to slightly acrid . The flesh of the entire mushroom <a href='drop_aux' title='1'><mark>is</mark></a>brittle , and the stem , if bent sufficiently , will snap open cleanly . The latex exuded from injured tissue is indigo blue , and <a href='uninflect' title='2'><mark>stains</mark></a> the wounded tissue greenish ; like the flesh , the latex <a href='got' title='3'><mark>has</mark></a> a mild taste . Lactarius indigo is noted for not producing as much latex as other Lactarius species , and older specimens in particular may be too dried out to produce any latex . 
Da flesh is pallid to bluish in color , slowly turning greenish after being exposed to air ; its taste is mild to slightly acrid . Tdaflesh of the entire mushroom brittle , and the stem , if bent sufficiently , gon snap open cleanly . Thdaatex exuded from injured tissue is indigo blue , and stain the wounded tissue greenish ; like the flesh , the latex got a mild taste . Lactarius indigo is noted fa not producing as much latex as other Lactarius species , and older specimens in particular may b too dried out to produce any latex .