The universal veil, which is little more than a powder, can, under wet conditions, be washed off, and odd for an Amanita, it has no ring on the stipe. It's also one of the few native species that has been known to jump over to introduced trees, particularly eucalyptus.

Cap: 25-65 mm wide, plano-convex to plano-depressed, buff coloured, non-viscid, with a distinctly striate margin. Volval remnants are pulverulent, pale greyish sepia to fuscous, forming wart-like peaks or radial ridges concentrated at the disc. These remain attached well into maturity, giving the cap a powdery appearance. Flesh white, with a very pale grey area beneath the disc.
Gills: White to pale buff, crowded, free, 6-7 mm deep. Short gills subtruncate; gill edges laciniate.
Stipe: 20-75 mm tall x 4-11 mm thick, hollow, arising from a clavate to bulbous base (10-16 mm). Upper stipe smooth to subfloccose; lower stipe smooth. Colour white, very pale buff, or very pale greyish sepia. Exannulate - no ring present.
Volva: At the base, a rim or band of powdery volva, coloured greyish sepia to fuscous, matching the cap warts. Volval cells are globose to ellipsoid, often finely encrusted, and may be warted, a rare feature in Amanita.
Flesh: White, sometimes streaked with very pale grey or buff. Odour not distinctive.