 The cap is 8 – 17 cm ( 3 @.@ 1 – 6 @.@ 7 in ) wide , initially hemispherical to almost round , later becoming convex to flattened . It is fleshy , white to yellowish @-@ white , usually dry , but occasionally slightly sticky with age . The universal veil remains as a pale yellow to brownish @-@ orange layer that breaks up into crowded , rather coarse , conical to truncate @-@ conical warts . The warts are up to 6 mm ( 0 @.@ 24 in ) wide and 4 mm ( 0 @.@ 16 in ) high , becoming more scale @-@ like towards the cap margin with age . The margin is non @-@ striate ( without any grooves ) , and appendiculate ( with partial veil remnants hanging along the cap margin ) . The gills are free from attachment to the stem , crowded together , moderately broad , and yellowish @-@ white to pale yellow . Interspersed among the gills are short gills ( lamellulae ) that do not extend completely to the stem ; they are somewhat truncated ( abruptly terminated ) to attenuated ( tapering gradually ) . The stem is 10 – 25 cm ( 3 @.@ 9 – 9 @.@ 8 in ) long and 1 – 3 cm ( 0 @.@ 4 – 1 @.@ 2 in ) wide , and decreases slightly in thickness near the apex . It is solid ( i.e. , not hollow ) , white to pale yellow , and covered with tufts of soft woolly hairs or fibrils . It has a large basal bulb , swollen in the middle , which roots in the ground up to 5 @.@ 5 cm ( 2 @.@ 2 in ) . The partial veil is yellowish @-@ white to pale yellow , forming an ring which is thick , woolly , delicate , and soon falls away . The universal veil remains at the stem base as thick scales , curved downward , often forming irregular rings . The flesh is firm , and white to pale yellow . The mushroom tissue has an odor of chlorinated lime ( bleaching powder ) , or " old tennis shoes " . The edibility of Amanita ravenelii mushrooms have been described variously as unknown , " not recommended " , or poisonous . 
