| CAP |
5 - 25cm in diameter. Convex and coloured white to ivory becoming yellowish and becoming cracked into numerous ochraceous scales. The margin splits with age and gives a toothed appearance. |
| STIPE |
White and occasionally tapering and with a thick ring that has a scaly underside. |
| GILLS/PORES |
White, reddening where damaged. Crowded and free. |
| FLESH |
White with orange-reddish tinge in stem where cut. Taste mild and with smell of crushed almonds when young. |
| SPORES |
Brown, ellipsoid. |
| HABITAT |
Grows in groups in pastures more often than not adjacent to woodland. |
| SEASON |
Occasional. Summer to autumn. |
| EDIBILITY |
Edible. a |