Habitat: Growing from soil under mixed forest
Description: Light reddish-brown cap becoming white at margins, with yellowish-brown warts across entire cap. Cap 3-6cm across, stipe 5-10cm tall. Stipe is white, with a reddish-brown base that is slightly bulbous. Membranous partial veil on stipe. Gills are slightly attached, white, and crowded. Cap and stipe bruise dark red-brown after handling. Spores amyloid. Mycorrhizal.
Spore print: White
Under mixed woods
Near the base of a huge Tulip poplar
Showing the characteristics of what they look like when they are water logged
A. cf aureosylvatica
photos and found by Joelle Faith
Under pines and mixed hardwoods, primary pine