Growing in edge of pine needle duff and grassy lawn; below pine. Cap with minute fibers; white with splotches of yellow. Veil remnants present at margin. Gills free, pinkish turning dark brown-black. Stipe with fragile skirt-like annulus, smooth above and fibrillose/membranous below; slightly bulbous at base. Deposit pinkish, then dark brown-black. Spores 4.5-5 x 3-4; smooth and slightly ellipsoid, dextrinoid.