Woolly Webcap

Fungus with a cap up to 9 cm. Grows in conifers and in forests. Spore print red-brown. Lives in symbiosis with tree roots: the fungus brings water and minerals, the tree feeds it sugars.

There are 8 observations of Woolly Webcap in Québec, mostly in Côte-Nord, Lanaudière and Centre-du-Québec, and it has been reported in 3 of the 17 regions.