Blue Tooth

Fungus with a cap up to 7 cm. Grows in conifers. Spore print brown. Lives in symbiosis with tree roots: the fungus brings water and minerals, the tree feeds it sugars.

There are 28 observations of Blue Tooth in Québec, mostly in Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, Lanaudière and Nord-du-Québec, and it has been reported in 9 of the 17 regions. They peak in August and become rare from October to June.