MUSHROOMS
White Fibrecap
Assisted identification only. Never eat anything without an expert’s confirmation.
2–4 cmCap
Fungus with a cap of 2–4 cm. Grows in forests and in conifers. Spore print tobacco-brown. Lives in symbiosis with tree roots: the fungus brings water and minerals, the tree feeds it sugars.
There are 36 observations of White Fibrecap in Québec, mostly in Montérégie, Capitale-Nationale and Côte-Nord, and it has been reported in 12 of the 17 regions. They peak in August and September and become rare from November to July.
