MUSHROOMS
Chanterelle
Assisted identification only. Never eat anything without an expert’s confirmation.
4–10 cmCap
Fungus with a cap of 4–10 cm. Grows in forests and in fields. Spore print yellow. Lives in symbiosis with tree roots: the fungus brings water and minerals, the tree feeds it sugars.
There are 39 observations of Chanterelle in Québec, mostly in Montérégie, Outaouais and Capitale-Nationale, and it has been reported in 8 of the 17 regions. They peak in July and August and become rare from September to May.
Through the year
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