Amanita franchetii (Bond.) Fayod syn. Amanita aspera (Fr.) Quél. Cap 4.5-10cm across, convex becoming flat; straw-colored to yellowy brown or grayish brown; smooth, sticky when wet, then becoming dry, dotted with yellowish patches of volval remains. Gills tree or slightly adnexed, close, broad; whitish or tinged with yellow. Stem 60-140 x 10-20mm, stuffed, tapering slightly toward the top; white smooth or slightly woolly; white to pale yellow hanging ring on upper stem; ball-shaped basal bulb dotted with yellowish patches of volval remnants. Flesh white, but yellowish brown beneath cap cuticle and sometimes bruising reddish brown around insect holes at base. Odor faint, not distinctive. Spores ellipsoid, amyloid, 7.5-9.2 x 5.5-6.5µ. Deposit white. Habitat scattered on the ground under conifers and in mixed deciduous woods. Fairly common in the West, occasional in the East. Found in west and east North America. Season August-October (November-February in California). Not edible -avoid many Amanitas contain toxins some deadly.