MUSHROOMS
False Deathcap
Assisted identification only. Never eat anything without an expert’s confirmation.
up to 13 cmCap
Toxic. Fungus with a cap up to 13 cm. Grows in forests and in conifers. Spore print white. Lives in symbiosis with tree roots: the fungus brings water and minerals, the tree feeds it sugars.
There are 22 observations of False Deathcap in Québec, mostly in Capitale-Nationale, Montérégie and Montréal, and it has been reported in 7 of the 17 regions. They peak in September and October and become rare from November to June.
