Amanita farinosa Schw. Cap 2.5-7cm across, broadly convex to flat with an upturned margin that is distinctly striate to plicate-striate; whitish gray but overlaid with a dense layer of mealy, brownish-gray, powdery volval material. Gills free, close, broad; white. Stem 30-65 x 3-9mm, tapering slightly toward the top; dirty white and smooth or with a white powder; no ring; smallish, white, oval-shaped basal bulb with a brown-gray band of volval remnant around its top. Odor strong, mink smell in old specimens. Spores ellipsoid, nonamyloid, 6.3-9.4 x4.5-7.9µ. Deposit white. Habitat singly or scattered on the ground under coniferous and deciduous trees; also in grassy wood edges. Infrequent. Found widely throughout North America. Season June-November. Not edible - avoid; dangerous.