Description:
mushroom
Fruiting Body: cap (6) 8-18 (20) cm; stalk central, 7-15 cm long x 1-2 cm at apex, up to 4 cm at base. Spore Print Color: purplish brown. Spores: basidiospores 6-7.5 x 4-5 µm, ellipsoid, smooth, dark brown.

Diagnostic macroscopic feature: white mushroom with tawny brown scales on cap and free gills that are dark brown when mature, with white stalk and annulus growing on ground in woods, compost, yards

Nutritional Mode: saprobe

Substrate: on humus

Habitat: woodlands

Fruiting Season: summer, fall