very slightly brownish; short-gills frequent. stem: - cm long; - mm thick; more or less equal above a slightly swollen base; whitish or pale brownish beneath darker brown granules arranged in stretched-out zones (especially near the base); basal mycelium white. flesh: white; soft; unchanging when sliced...
nearly so; close; short-gills frequent; white at first, becoming brownish pink. stem: - cm long; up to cm thick; tapering slightly to apex; base slightly swollen; finely granular-tomentose when fresh; often finely longitudinally grooved; white; basal mycelium white. flesh: white; unchanging when sliced...
veil fragments. gills: narrowly attached to the stem; close; short-gills frequent; white. stem: – cm long; – mm thick; equal; dry; whitish underneath brown to reddish brown scales; with a clearly defined or vague ring zone ; often with copious white basal mycelium . flesh: whitish; unchanging when sliced...
close or nearly distant; whitish to yellowish or pale orangish; often discoloring yellowish brown to brownish. stem: - cm long and up to cm thick; white, discoloring brownish to yellowish brown, especially near the base; dry; fairly smooth; becoming hollow with age. flesh: white; unchanging when sliced...
distant; sometimes forked near the stem; whitish to creamy; often discoloring yellowish brown to brownish, but not bruising. stem: - cm long; - cm thick; white, discoloring brownish to yellowish or reddish near the base; dry; often becoming cavernous; more or less smooth. flesh: white; unchanging when sliced...
gills: attached or pulling away from the stem; close or nearly distant; buff or yellowish; sometimes spotting or discoloring brownish. stem: - cm long; - cm thick; whitish, discoloring yellowish to brownish or reddish brown; often becoming cavernous; more or less smooth. flesh: white; unchanging when sliced...
maturity; the skin peeling with difficulty, usually only near the margin. gills: attached to the stem or running slightly down it; nearly distant; white when young but creamy with maturity. stem: - cm long; - cm thick; white, often with a flush of pink; dry; fairly smooth. flesh: white; unchanging when sliced...
enlarged toward the base; dry; bald or finely hairy; white, discoloring yellowish to orangish in age; with a high, thick, white ring that is finely grooved on its upper surface and radially split or "cogwheeled" on its underside; base with white mycelial threads . flesh: white; firm; unchanging when sliced...
the base; whitish to brownish above, but sometimes colored like the cap near the base; bald, becoming fibrillose; bruising pink to red when fresh; with a skirtlike, whitish ring ; usually featuring one to several brown to brownish ringlets near the base. flesh: white; quickly pink, then red when sliced...
"abrupt" is a perfect description of the basal bulb of amanita abrupta; it looks like an egg that has been sliced off and stuck on the end of the stem!...