Growing on a hillside near Quercus alba, Quercus bicolor, Quercus sect. Lobatae, Carya ovata, Acer saccharum, Prunus serotina and Ulmus sp. Fruiting bodies collected 7.4 (cap) x 8 cm (stem) and 7.2 (cap) x 4.1 cm (stem) respectively. Caps yellow with orange to reddish-brown areas. Caps were dry when found but were covered with adhering debris. Cap margins greenish. Stems with marginate bulbs. Stems purple with some yellowish areas. Cortina remnants forming a ring on the stem. Context not staining when cut. Cap context purple in a layer above the gills and white above that layer. Stem context purple. Gills purple except for a rusty brown spore deposit. Odor indistinct. Taste of cap slightly mealy but otherwise indistinct. Cap surface mild when licked. ~60% KOH dark purple on reddish-brown portion of cap (meant to use 5% KOH instead). Spores measured from spore print in Piximetre: 11.5 [13.3 ; 14.1] 15.9 x 6.9 [7.5 ; 7.8] 8.5 µm, Q = 1.5 [1.7 ; 1.8] 2.1 ; N = 30 ; C = 95%, Me = 13.7 x 7.7 µm ; Qe = 1.8