Fairy ring champignon or Wood woollyfoot

The cap is 2-5 cm across, hemispherical when young, flattening out with age but keeping a distinct low umbo in the centre. The colour is light ochre, creamy beige or reddish cream, darker in wet weather and paler in dry. The surface is smooth, slightly sticky in wet weather, and the margin often has fine grooves. A unique trait: a dried-out cap can "revive" after rain, regaining its shape while the gills start releasing spores again.

The cap is 2 to 7 cm across, usually 3 to 6 cm, convex with an inrolled margin at first, then flattening, sometimes with a low broad bump or a slight dip; old caps have a wavy, wrinkled or grooved edge.

The surface is hygrophanous, smooth or finely fibrous, dry and matt, sometimes with small white felty spots. The colour varies a lot: pinkish cream, yellowish buff, ochre or reddish brown, darker in the centre.

The gills are distant, broad, whitish to cream, with a distinctive attachment to the stem (often free or notched). The spore print is white. Distant, broad gills plus a white spore print are key identification features.

The gills are widely spaced and narrow, narrowly attached or almost free, pale yellowish at first and turning reddish brown with age.

The spore print is white to pale cream.

The stem is 4-8 cm tall and 0.2-0.5 cm thick, thin, cylindrical, very fibrous and springy — it practically doesn't snap when bent. Its colour is light cream to ochre, matching the cap. The surface is smooth, with no ring and no volva. It doesn't snap, it only bends, and that's a key identification feature.

The stem is 3 to 8 cm tall and 0.3 to 0.8 cm thick, cylindrical and slightly wider at the base, tough and hollow, cap-coloured or yellowish brown, paler and finely frosted at the top. There's no ring.

The lower half is densely covered in white to yellowish woolly hairs that bind the leaf litter at the base.

The flesh is thin in the cap and fibrous in the stem, white to cream, and does not change colour when cut. It has a distinct, pleasant mushroom smell with a fruity or almond note and a mild, aromatic taste.

The flesh is thin, tough and pale yellowish to brownish yellow.

The smell is distinct and pleasant, with a fruity-almond note. It comes out when you rub the flesh, and especially when the mushroom is dried. It's one of the most aromatic mushrooms in Europe.

The smell is faint and indistinct, slightly sour according to some descriptions. The taste is burning and peppery.