adorned with a flimsy, white, skirtlike ring that often falls away; white; somewhat shaggy or hairy; terminating in a small, nearly round basal bulb that is encased in an adherent white volva that usually folds over to form a collarlike rim on the upper edge of the bulb. flesh: white; unchanging when sliced...
close or crowded; short-gills present. stem: - cm long; - cm thick; slightly tapering to apex; bald, or with a few grayish scales; lacking a ring ; the base enclosed in a sacklike, white volva that fits loosely and sometimes discolors grayish or reddish brown. flesh: white throughout; unchanging when sliced...
very young, but soon developing brown scales; bruising and discoloring reddish brown; with an ephemeral whitish ring that soon disappears; universal veil leaving warty brown ringlets around the stem base and the upper half of the bulb. flesh: whitish; staining slowly reddish brown, then brown when sliced...
contrasting markedly with the cap surface); not bruising, or bruising slowly brownish. stem: - cm long; - cm thick; variable in shape but often stocky; bald; dry; colored like the cap, or colored like the undersurface; not bruising, or bruising slowly brownish. flesh: whitish; solid; unchanging when sliced...
above an abruptly swollen base that often features a rimmed upper edge; dry; finely fibrillose; whitish, discoloring dull brown; with a fairly tough, thick ring that is not two-layered but features a felty brown underside. flesh: whitish throughout; staining reddish orange to reddish or brownish when sliced...