"American Caesar's Mushroom"

Description:

Cap diameter: 3-4 inches Initially ovoid or hemispherical before convex and finally flat. The surface is smooth, and the margins striated. color orange-red. Gills pale to golden yellow. Stem Diameter 2-3 cm, Height: 8-15 cm Cylinder-shaped, pale to golden yellow. The base of the stipe is thicker than the top. Ring Large, falling, membranous, streaked, golden-yellow color. Volva White, persistent, smooth, fleshy and free to the stem. Smell Faint and delicate Season: summer to autumn Edible: Excellent but some say not as good as its European counterpart the true Caesar's Mushroom.

Habitat:

open deciduous woodland, especially with oaks, in warm regions. This one was surrounded by Post Oaks.

Notes:

Thanks RandyL. for the correction!