MUSHROOMS
Tawny Grisette
Assisted identification only. Never eat anything without an expert’s confirmation.
up to 10 cmCap
Toxic. Fungus with a cap up to 10 cm. Grows in conifers and in forests. Spore print white. Lives in symbiosis with tree roots: the fungus brings water and minerals, the tree feeds it sugars.
There are 177 observations of Tawny Grisette in Québec, mostly in Capitale-Nationale, Estrie and Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, and it has been reported in 16 of the 17 regions. They peak in August and become rare from October to June.
