MUSHROOMS
Wood Hedgehog
Assisted identification only. Never eat anything without an expert’s confirmation.
3–10 cmCap
Fungus with a cap of 3–10 cm. Grows in forests and in conifers. Spore print cream. Lives in symbiosis with tree roots: the fungus brings water and minerals, the tree feeds it sugars.
There are 23 observations of Wood Hedgehog in Québec, mostly in Capitale-Nationale, Laurentides and Montérégie, and it has been reported in 9 of the 17 regions. They peak in August and September and become rare from October to June.
