MUSHROOMS
Chicken Fat Mushroom
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 urban areas. Spore print brown. Lives in symbiosis with tree roots: the fungus brings water and minerals, the tree feeds it sugars.
There are 191 observations of Chicken Fat Mushroom in Québec, mostly in Outaouais, Montérégie and Laurentides, and it has been reported in 15 of the 17 regions. They peak in August and become rare from November to June.
