European White Egg

The color of the mushroom is white to cream. The size is over 15 centimeters. The cap is 10 to 12 centimeters, smooth, fleshy, sticky, and convex to shield shaped. The color of the spores are white, cream, or yellowish. The stipe is thick, cylindrical, powdery, has a ring, and a has a volva. The lamellae are thick, rounded, broad and are attached to the stipe. The volva is large, tall, and fleshy. The mushroom is symbiotic. The cap yellows with old age. The cuticle is smooth and shiny. The gills are free and crowded. The spores are broadly elliptical and amyloid. The spore print is white. This species of mushroom is commonly found in woods, roadsides, and lawns. It commonly grows under oak trees and chestnut trees in hilly areas.