A small Limacella whose cap and stem are coated in thick, reddish-brown slime that can be wiped away to show paler surfaces beneath. It is related to Amanita but has no volva. Whether it is saprobic or mycorrhizal is unresolved.
Cap: 2-4 cm, convex or broadly umbonate, coated in thick reddish-brown slime, pale brownish to reddish brown beneath, darker at the center. Gills: free or narrowly notched, close, white. Stem: 6-8 cm long, up to 1 cm thick, more or less equal, whitish under a coat of reddish-brown slime. Flesh: whitish. Odor and taste: mealy. Spore print: white. Spores: 3-4 um, round or nearly so, smooth, inamyloid.
