MUSHROOMS
Silky Webcap
Assisted identification only. Never eat anything without an expert’s confirmation.
up to 11 cmCap
Fungus with a cap up to 11 cm. Grows in conifers and in forests. Spore print brown. Lives in symbiosis with tree roots: the fungus brings water and minerals, the tree feeds it sugars.
There are 31 observations of Silky Webcap in Québec, mostly in Capitale-Nationale, Lanaudière and Estrie, and it has been reported in 8 of the 17 regions. They peak in August and become rare from November to June.
Through the year
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