MUSHROOMS
Hairy Curtain Crust
Assisted identification only. Never eat anything without an expert’s confirmation.
1–5 cmCap
Fungus with a cap of 1–5 cm. Grows in conifers. Spore print white. Feeds on decaying organic matter and a living host, at its expense.
There are 5 observations of Hairy Curtain Crust in Québec, mostly in Montérégie, Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean and Côte-Nord, and it has been reported in 3 of the 17 regions. They peak in August and become rare from December to June.
