In mixed oak, hemlock, white pine, birch woods. Caps purple with silvery streaks. Gills purple, subdistant. Stipe concolorous with cap except where covered with the white sheath of veil material. Stipe with large bulb at the base. Spore print rusty brown. Spores ellipsoid, brown in water, warty. (8.2)8.4-9.3(9.4) x (4.8)5.1-5.9(6). Means: 8.8 (SD 0.3) x 5.5 (SD 0.3), n=30.