Key Identification Features
- Deep orange to egg-yolk yellow broadly funnel-shaped cap
- very deeply forked ridges
- extraordinarily strong fruity apricot aroma more intense than C. cibarius
- found under hardwoods in SE
- white spore print
Preparation Notes
Excellent fresh or dried; intense aroma makes small amounts very flavorful.
Regions Found
Region data not available
Look-Alikes
No documented look-alikes on record.
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