Cap white-creamy coloured to bright yellow, often with a brownish tinge. At first sub-spherical, becoming expanded and irregularly convex with an incurved margin. Gills sinuate, white and very crowded. The flesh is thick and soft and has a mealy or cucumber smell. Stem whitish, smooth, bulky at the base. There is no stem ring. Spore print white to pinkish white.
Microscopic Features: The spores are ellipsoidal and smooth, measuring 5-6 x 3-4µm.
Calocybe gambosa on the www.first-nature.com web site.
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