Local name: Ting Shamong

Edibility: Edible with caution

Habitat: Terrestrial and scattered or gregariously.

Description: Fruiting bodies:  Vassal-shaped and fleshy, developing a deep central depression, 2-12 cm across, 6-15 cm high. Upper Surface: Cinnamon to pale orange or reddish orange to orange covered with soft, darker scales that become more prominent as the mushroom matures. Hymenophore: Shallowly and deeply wrinkle cream colour or darker, often yellow near the cap edge when young, running down the stem. Stem: 1-3 cm wide, not distinctly separate from the cap, con-coloured to the under surface. Flesh: White sometimes bruising and discolouring to brownish. Spore Print: Cinnamon to pale brownish yellow.

Comments: This striking mushroom and its close relatives are easily told by their vassal shaped fruiting body with a reddish-orange to orange-buff scaly cap and pallid veined exterior. The name G. bonari has been given to the western variety with milky white exterior and smaller spores which are also spotted here in Thimphu forests; it has a tendency to grow in clusters, and duller, paler, or more cinnamon-coloured cap.