Known from the Pacific Northwest and the Appalachian Mountains; mushrooms quite large (up to 40 cm high); cap color ranging from pale brown to pale orange (never dark red or orange); scales on the cap surface tiny and dot-like near the edge of the cap, larger toward the center.
Similar species: Gomphales
Uploaded Aug 25, 2015. Captured Aug 23, 2015 10:40 in Unnamed Road, Skykomish, WA 98288, USA.