floccose

Pileus and stem floccose or fibrillose at first from the universal veil. frustulenta, Fr.

Stem hollow and floccose, narrow at top, ventricose; ring evanescent.

This is a large and beautiful plant in the woods, and easily identified because of its floccose nature and the large bulb at the base of the stem.

The stem usually tapers downward, is firm, stuffed, smooth, or with remnants of the veil giving it a floccose scaly appearance, usually ascending because of the crowded growth.

Stem short, not rooting, entering matrix abruptly, often with a small floccose tubercle at base.