Bitter Olive Cort

Fungus with a cap of 4–13 cm. Grows in forests. Spore print burgundy. Lives in symbiosis with tree roots: the fungus brings water and minerals, the tree feeds it sugars.

There are 8 observations of Bitter Olive Cort in Québec, mostly in Montérégie, Lanaudière and Capitale-Nationale, and it has been reported in 3 of the 17 regions.