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Subalpine Waxycap
A large, stocky, all-white woodwax of western mountain conifer forests that often fruits near melting snowbanks in spring and early summer. It has a bulbous stem base and a thin membranous veil that leaves a low ring or volva-like remnant. It frequently emerges only partly from the duff.
Edible; some find it bland while Mykoweb describes good flavor and meaty texture. Look-alikes include deadly white Amanitas such as Amanita ocreata (amatoxins), which has non-decurrent free gills, a sac-like volva and grows at lower elevations under oaks; Tricholoma murrillianum (spicy odor, rusty stains, fall); Tricholoma vernaticum (grayish cap, potato or cucumber odor); and Russula brevipes (brittle flesh). The volva-like basal remnant makes careful identification essential.
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