A pantherina has a bronze or pale orange brown pileus cap bearing small white warts
A pantherina has a bronze or pale orange brown pileus cap bearing small white warts and between 5 and 15 cm 2 6 in in diameter In younger specimens the cap is domed becoming flatter with age The upper remains of the velum form a ring around the cap margin in younger mushrooms In moist conditions the pileus is often viscid with a farinaceous or starchy odour The stipe stem grows to a length of between 6 10 cm and between 1 2 cm in diameter with a narrow hoop like ring low down The lower remains of the velum form a volva sheath around the basal bulb often with one or two narrow rings The white spores are smooth elliptical non amyloid and 9 13×7 9 5 m in size
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