round or nearly round; occasionally with a small, pinched-looking pseudo-base; surface smooth or very finely scaly, developing small pinkish cracks with age; dirty whitish to pale tan; bruising purplish red or pinkish when rubbed; skin about mm thick, whitish but turning pinkish or purplish when sliced...
short-gills frequent; pinkish when young, becoming dark brown; when in the button stage covered with a whitish partial veil . stem: – cm long; – cm thick; club-shaped; more or less bald; with a whitish, skirtlike ring ; whitish, discoloring brownish; basal mycelium white. flesh: white; unchanging when sliced...
from the stem or narrowly attached to it; close or crowded; white to creamy; short-gills frequent. stem: - cm long; - cm wide; more or less equal; finely silky or hairy; whitish to pale tan; lacking a ring ; base enclosed in an insignificant, fragile, whitish volva . flesh: white; unchanging when sliced...
finely reticulate over at least the top portion; bright yellow becoming brownish yellow; often discoloring brownish with age. flesh: yellow; not staining on exposure, but sometimes becoming deeper yellow. according to both ( ), collections made in new york sometimes demonstrate faint bluing when sliced...