Grisette or Tawny grisette

Cap 5-10 cm across, hemispherical to egg-shaped when young, later becoming convex-flat with a low umbo. Color gray, ash-gray, mouse-gray, darker at the center. Surface smooth, slightly slimy in wet weather. The cap margin has characteristic radial grooves (like the ribs of an umbrella), a diagnostic feature of section Vaginatae. Whitish patches of veil remnants may stay on the cap.

Cap 4-9 cm across, hemispherical to conical-convex when young, later becoming convex with a low umbo. Color reddish-brown, orange-brown, honey-brown, darker at the center, paler at the margin. Surface smooth, slightly slimy in wet weather. The cap margin has characteristic radial grooves, a diagnostic feature of section Vaginatae.

Gilled hymenophore: the gills are free, crowded, pure white. Spore print white.

Gilled hymenophore: the gills are free, crowded, pure white (not attached to the stem). Spore print white, as in all amanitas.

Stem 10-18 cm tall, 0.8-1.5 cm thick, thin, slender, tall, slightly thickened toward the base. Color whitish, sometimes with fine grayish fibers or a zigzag pattern. No ring. At the base: a sac-like, eggshell volva, just like the destroying angel's.

Stem 8-15 cm tall, 0.5-1.2 cm thick, thin, slender. Color whitish, with fine lengthwise brownish fibers or a fine mesh. No ring: the key difference from its deadly relatives. At the base: a sac-like, eggshell volva (whitish or with brownish tints), just like the destroying angel's.

Flesh thin, soft, white. When cut, it does not change color. Smell faint and neutral.

Flesh thin, soft, white to pale cream. When cut, it does not change color. Smell faint and neutral.

Faint, neutral, mushroomy, with no distinctive notes.

Faint, neutral, mushroomy, with no distinctive notes.