MUSHROOMS
Orange Tooth
Assisted identification only. Never eat anything without an expert’s confirmation.
up to 15 cmCap
Fungus with a cap up to 15 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 13 observations of Orange Tooth in Québec, mostly in Laurentides, Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean and Capitale-Nationale, and it has been reported in 6 of the 17 regions. They peak in August and become rare from October to May.
