MUSHROOMS
Wood Pinkgill
Assisted identification only. Never eat anything without an expert’s confirmation.
3–8 cmCap
Toxic. Fungus with a cap of 3–8 cm. Grows in forests. Spore print pink. Lives in symbiosis with tree roots: the fungus brings water and minerals, the tree feeds it sugars.
There are 9 observations of Wood Pinkgill in Québec, mostly in Montérégie, Estrie and Côte-Nord, and it has been reported in 6 of the 17 regions. They peak in September and become rare from October to June.
