This large mushroom has a moist, reddish-brown cap bell-shaped cap that becomes convex, then flat; 2-5 inches across. The moderately-broad gills attach to the stem. They're cinnamon-colored before the spores color them rust-red.

The cobweb-like partial veil leaves 1-4 zones of reddish fibrils around the stem, accounting for the mushroom's common name.

The solid, fibrous, brownish club-shaped stalk is 3-6 inches long, 3/8 to 3/4 inches thick.

This common mushroom grows in deciduous and coniferous woods throughout the eastern half of North America in the late summer and fall.

Although people have eaten this mushroom, which is mediocre-tasting, with no obvious ill effects, because of the unknown risk of kidney damage, I strongly recommend you avoid eating this species.