A large, lemon-yellow mushroom that forms huge dense clusters with very large caps, this mushroom contains kava kava like molecules that can ease your inhibition to the point of slight inebriation, definitely a stimulant. Found fruiting all over the southeastern coastal plains, also found in elevations up to 1000 feet around large oaks.
| Edibility and Taste | Bitter. This mushroom is best made into tea or extracts. |
| Grows On | Hardwood logs or rounds that have been buried outdoors. Prefers oak. Indoors it fruits well on supplemented oak sawdust, once colonized it has a long incubation period then needs a few days in the freezer to shock it. Once shocked remove it from freezer and put a few small slits in bag, then tent. |
| Fruiting Temps | Fruits when cold, but needs cold shock. Fruits and matures from 32-50F. |
| Availability | Year-Round |