Fungus colour White to cream, and Brownish when dried. White stem and black cap
Normal size Less than 5cm Less than 5cm
Stem type Simple round stem Swollen stem
Flesh
Very soft which became tough when dried Granular and brittle when fresh and
shrink when dried
Spore colour Light to dark brown Purplish to black
Gills Whitish at first then clay-brown White rapidly becoming black,
Cap type
Distinctly scaly, especially when dried. Conical or nearly so. Mealy covering of
cap formed of thin-walled cells
ornamented with granular warts. The
cap later separated into tentacles and
became amorphous at maturity which
stained object that came near it.