MUSHROOMS
Dripping Slimecap
Assisted identification only. Never eat anything without an expert’s confirmation.
2–7 cmCap
Fungus with a cap of 2–7 cm. Grows in fields and in forests. Spore print white. Feeds on decaying organic matter. Lives in symbiosis with tree roots: the fungus brings water and minerals, the tree feeds it sugars.
There are 11 observations of Dripping Slimecap in Québec, mostly in Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, Montérégie and Côte-Nord, and it has been reported in 5 of the 17 regions. They peak in August and September and become rare from November to June.
Through the year
JFMAMJJASOND
