| Macroscopic characters | shape | Broad; fan shaped to obtusely semicircular |
| size | 3-45 cm wide |
| texture | Fleshy when fresh; becoming chalky to fibrous |
| pileus | Bright to pale orange; often with vague concentric bands; velvety to densely matted; dry |
| stipe | Forms rosettes at base of oaks; stipe short to non-existent |
| context | Pale yellow; thicker at central stipe attachment |
| pore surface | Cream to nearly white; 4-6 um diameter |
| pores | Circular; angular in age; 2-4 per mm |
| tube layer(s) | 1-5 mm long |
| Microscopic characters | hyphal system | Dimitic |
| clamp connections | N/A |
| sterile elements | N/A |
| basidiospores | Broadly ovoid; hyaline; thin walled; smooth; 4.5-5.5 x 3.5-4 um |
| Habitat characters | substrate/host | Base of living oaks; reported on pine species |
| seasonality | July through October |
| type of decay | Brown rot of living and dead trees |
| range | East of the Rocky Mountains |
| Notes | Confused with L. sulphureus in the past |
| References | Burdsall & Banik, 2001. |
