Field Characteristics:

• Growing as rosette at the base of large Northern Red Oak in low mixed oak/hickory woodland slope, just above riparian area.
• Large fruiting body consisting of broad overlapping fronds, tan in the middle and whitish near the margins.
• Hymenium consisting of white irregular/angular (some maze-like) pores, becoming faint near areas of fresh growth.
• Smell: fragrant like banana or pawpaw fruit.
• Taste: not distinctive.
• Spore Print: white