Cap: Large, up to 180 mm broad, usually broadly convex, surface dry with small scales on the margin. Color Bright, usually some shade of orange ranging from buff yellow to tawny-yellow, becoming rusty with age. Taste very bitter.

Gills: Close to crowded. color pale yellow to orange-yellow, becoming rusty with age.

Stem: 8-10 mm long, 6-16 mm at the apex, clavate or tapered downward, colored at the cap. Partial veil remaining leaving a nearly membranous or fibrillose zone at the stalks apex.

Spores:

Sporeprint: Rusty brown to orange-brown in potassium hydroxide.

Habitat: This collection of Gymnopilus luteofolius was gathered terrrestrial, growing from wood chips in a clearing.

Distribution:This species was collected and photographed by Jim Smith of CT at Deception Pass, Washington. Used with permission by Steven Peele of the FMRC.

Season It fruits from summer through the winter depending on the location and weather.

Dosage: large amounts of this bitter shroom are needed.

Comment: This is a very bitter tasting mushroom and large quantities need to be consumed for the desired effects.