Found solitary or in small groups on ground in hardwood (especially oak) or coniferous forests. Also occurs in mowed grass at forest edges.
Cap: dull reddish-brown to olive-brown, dry, somewhat velvety, cracks may expose yellow flesh; convex to flax or shallowly depressed in age. Fertile surface: gill-like structures deep yellow to olivaceous-yellow, bruise blue, decurrent, separable from cap, often wrinkled with cross-veining. Stalk: dull yellow to reddish-brown, nearly smooth, bruises yellow; yellow mycelium at base (J. Solem, pers. comm.).
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