Description:
mushroom
Fruiting Body: cap 3-9 cm; stalk central 5-10 cm long x 0.5-1.5 cm diameter, enlarged at base. Spore Print Color: white. Spores: basidiospores 7-9 x 4.5-6 µm, ellipsoid, smooth, hyaline, blue in Melzer's.

Diagnostic macroscopic feature: unchanging yellow stem and yellow volva that breaks up around base of stalk

Diagnostic microscopic feature: ellipsoid spores that are blue in Melzer's

Nutritional Mode: ectomycorrhizal

Substrate: on ground

Habitat: woodlands

Fruiting Season: summer, fall