July 18th, 2023 Field Characteristics:

• Growing gregariously in well-shaded, mixed oak/hickory woodland edge.
• Nearby Trees: Black Oak, Northern Red Oak, Black Cherry, Chinkapin Oak, and distant Bur Oak.
• Cap yellow with yellowish-brown central portions, adorned with removable yellow universal veil remnants. Margin finely lined.
• Stipe light yellow with prominent annulus, becoming more yellow and scaly towards the base. Volva consists of multiple yellow squarrose rings on a bulbous base.
• Basal mycelium white.
• Slight red blushing on vovla.
• Smell: Not distinctive
• Taste: Not distinctive
• KOH: Negative
• Ammonia: Negative