Key Identification Features
- 5 cm (1⁄2–1 inch) thick, and usually has an enlarged or bulbous base marked with one or more coca-brown bands.
- 3 cm wide, starting cylindrical with a truncated top, expanding to become campanulate to convex, and finally flattening with age, while often retaining a distinct umbo.
- They are hyaline and smooth with a distinct germ pore, and are dextrinoid.
- This species has an indistinct odour and a mild taste.
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