Description
The cap is 3–7 centimetres (1+1⁄4–2+3⁄4 in) wide and convex before becoming flattening. It is white to reddish, with brownish fibrils or scales in the center and sometimes elsewhere. [1] The surface yellows with potassium hydroxide (KOH) and the flesh slowly bruises a reddish colour. [1] With a dry surface, the cap's disc can be glabrous or tomentose. The cap has an indistinct odor with a mild taste. The context can be as large as 5 mm thick, soft, and bruises irregularly a vinaceous colour where cut. [2]
The gills are free and close. They are pinkish at first then become dark brown. [1] The spores are 4–5.5 x 3–4 μm, elliptical, and smooth. [1] They are inequilateral in profile and moderately thick-walled, lacking a germ pore.
The stipe is 5–14 cm long and 0.5–2 cm thick. [1] At the base, it is slightly enlarged and becomes stuffed at maturity. The white veil is rather membranous and yields a thin ring. When cut, the cortex discolours to pinkish-orange. The stipe base changes brown to rusty-brown from handling. The margin is sometimes light brown. The apex surface is white and patchy fibrillose over a dull-buff ground color. [1]
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