Soapy Knight

Fungus with a cap up to 10 cm. Grows in conifers and in forests. Spore print white. Lives in symbiosis with tree roots: the fungus brings water and minerals, the tree feeds it sugars.

There are 39 observations of Soapy Knight in Québec, mostly in Côte-Nord, Laurentides and Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, and it has been reported in 10 of the 17 regions. They peak from August to October and become rare from November to June.