stem: - cm long; up to cm thick; equal or tapering upward; solid; bald or finely silky; whitish to pale yellowish; with a fragile white ring on the lower half (in age the ring is often missing, or reduced to a vague ring zone ); basal mycelium whitish. flesh: insubstantial; whitish; unchanging when sliced...
the stem by a notch; close; short-gills frequent; whitish. stem : – cm long; – cm thick; equal; bald or finely silky; dry; whitish to pale tan or dull orangish, staining orangish to orange-brown with handling or in age, especially toward the base; basal mycelium white. flesh: white; unchanging when sliced...
down the stem; whitish at first, becoming brownish; pores – mm across, hexagonal or angular, radially arranged. stem: central or slightly off-center; – cm long; – mm wide; equal; dry; brown to yellowish brown; scaly to hairy; tough; basal mycelium whitish. flesh: white; thin; tough; unchanging when sliced...
greenish blue; pores round or angular, - per mm; tubes to cm deep. stem: to cm long and cm thick; equal or tapering to the base; yellow or whitish; sometimes with a flimsy ring ; basal mycelium whitish or yellowish. flesh: whitish or pale yellow throughout; usually bluing faintly in the cap when sliced...
narrowly attached to the stem; very crowded; short-gills frequent; white; sometimes developing rusty spots with age. stem: – cm long; – cm thick; equal, with a tapered rooting portion; bald; white; sometimes developing cinnamon to rusty spots with age; basal mycelium white. flesh: white; unchanging when sliced...
attached or running slightly down the stem; close; often forking near the stem; creamy to pale yellow; sometimes becoming spotted brownish in places. stem: - cm long; - cm thick; whitish; dry; smooth; discoloring brownish in places, especially near the base. flesh: white; brittle; not changing when sliced...
sometimes forking; white but soon cream colored to pale yellow; occasionally with pinkish edges from contact with the stem in the button stage. stem: - cm long; - cm thick; usually flushed pink or purplish; dry; fairly smooth, but feeling greasy or sticky to the touch. flesh: white; unchanging when sliced...
the skin peeling easily / - / to the center. gills: broadly attached to the stem or just beginning to run down it; close; white to creamy. stem: - cm long; - cm thick; pale to dark purple or pinkish purple; bald or slightly hairy; sometimes staining yellow at the base. flesh: white; unchanging when sliced...
pale at first, becoming purplish gray to purple-black. stem: – cm long; – cm thick; equal, or with a slightly tapered base; tough; dry; with a fragile whitish ring or ring zone ; prominently scaly, at least when young; basal mycelium white; base with mycelial threads . flesh: white; unchanging when sliced...
becoming finely cracked with age—or with pigments breaking up to form chevron-like or nearly reticulate patterns; the margin becoming lacerated and tattered. pseudostem: poorly defined at apex; – cm high; – cm wide; tapering to base; black; fuzzy toward the base. flesh: white; tough; unchanging when sliced...