10-20 cm diameter; red or occasionally orange; usually retaining irregular, white fragments of the universal veil; initially domed, but flattening at maturity. When damaged, the flesh just below the pellicle is initially white but soon turns yellow on exposure to air. The gills are white and turn pale yellow as the fruit body matures.

Stipe :

10 - 25 cm long and 1.5 - 2 cm in diameter; white and ragged with a grooved, hanging ring. The swollen base retains the white, sack-like remains of the volva, which eventually fragments into rings of scales around the base of mature specimens.

Mycorhizal with hardwood and softwood trees, notably birch and spruce.

August to November.