MUSHROOMS
Sweetgrass Tooth
Assisted identification only. Never eat anything without an expert’s confirmation.
5–15 cmCap
Fungus with a cap of 5–15 cm. Grows in forests. Spore print brown. Lives in symbiosis with tree roots: the fungus brings water and minerals, the tree feeds it sugars.
There are 6 observations of Sweetgrass Tooth in Québec, mostly in Bas-Saint-Laurent and Chaudière-Appalaches, and it has been reported in 2 of the 17 regions. They peak in August and become rare from October to June.
