cm deep. stem: - cm long; - cm thick; more or less equal, or very slightly tapered to the base; yellow above, reddish below; bald or very finely dotted with red pruina or punctae; not reticulate ; basal mycelium pale yellow. flesh: pale yellow; staining blue (sometimes erratically or faintly) when sliced...
or less equal, or with a gracefully club-shaped base and a slightly flared apex; widely brown- reticulate near the apex; elsewhere more or less bald; dull yellow near the apex; brownish to brown below; basal mycelium white. flesh: whitish in cap; whitish to pale yellow in stem; not staining when sliced...
like a flask," but i have trouble with that one. the species is usually shaped like a blob or a ball when young, and as it matures it begins to develop a basal portion that is a bit narrower than the ball-like portion, creating a shape vaguely reminiscent of an inverted pear or a loaf of bread. when sliced...
creating a veined surface, especially near the margin; colored like the cap, but paler--and often with a pinkish hue. stem: - cm long; - cm thick; tapering to the base; bald; colored like the cap, or paler; bruising slowly yellowish to orangish brown; basal mycelium white. flesh: white; unchanging when sliced...
notched; close or nearly crowded; short-gills frequent; white. stem: – cm long; – cm thick; with a large basal bulb that takes up a third to half of the stem's length, creating a squatty stature; dry; whitish; upper edge of the bulb girdled with small white scales. flesh: white; not changing when sliced...