MUSHROOMS
Orange Oak Bolete
Assisted identification only. Never eat anything without an expert’s confirmation.
4–15 cmCap
Fungus with a cap of 4–15 cm. Grows in forests. Spore print yellow. Lives in symbiosis with tree roots: the fungus brings water and minerals, the tree feeds it sugars.
There are 51 observations of Orange Oak Bolete in Québec, mostly in Capitale-Nationale, Laurentides and Outaouais, and it has been reported in 14 of the 17 regions. They peak in August and become rare from October to May.
