-growing on ground in grassy area next to an herb garden -specimens fused at base -cap shiny and sticky when wet, margin not striate; 3 to 8 cm wide -odor mild, taste mild to slightly unpleasant -flesh white to off-white, rather thin, thicker toward stipe, thining toward margin -stipe 40 to 60 mm long x 7 to 14 mm wide, prominently striate above annulus to apex