Key Identification Features
- The compound skatole causes this mushroom's distinctive smell, which is enough to separate it from other yellow fungi.
- Most specimens have a small, distinctive depression at the cap center; the entire cap surface is densely hairy and dry, and often shows concentric zones of differing color and texture.
- The flesh is very thin, less than 1 mm thick, fragile, colorless, and has no distinctive odor or taste.
- The mushroom has an indistinct odor, and its flesh always has a sharp, bitter taste, consistent for this species.
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