Description
Cap conical or bell-shaped to expanded with obtuse umbo, Ø 2-4 cm, matt, with fibrous, pink to lilac scales on a whitish to cream background, centre lilac-brown, striped at the margin.
Gills white.
Stem 4-6 cm x 3-4 mm, white at the apex, white-floccose below the membranous ring, turning brown when damaged, with swollen base. Flesh white. Taste mild. Smell faint, of garlic.
Occurrence
On very humus-rich or composted soil of flower boxes indoors or greenhouses.
Saprophyte.