MUSHROOMS
Morel
Assisted identification only. Never eat anything without an expert’s confirmation.
4–10 cmCap
Toxic. Fungus with a cap of 4–10 cm. Grows in forests and in thickets. Spore print cream. Lives in symbiosis with tree roots: the fungus brings water and minerals, the tree feeds it sugars.
There are 14 observations of Morel in Québec, mostly in Capitale-Nationale, Montréal and Montérégie, and it has been reported in 7 of the 17 regions.
