[5] The cap of Leucopaxillus albissimus is 4–20 cm wide, and slowly changes from convex to plane; occasionally the disc is depressed.

The cap's surface is dry, unpolished, and smooth; in moderate weather, it becomes scaled and a shade of cream to cream-buff.

The surface of the stipe varies from smooth to finely-scaled and is a cream color when young; it may turn buff-tan in age.

[5] Primarily residing under conifers and hardwoods, Leucopaxillus albimissus is often scattered or gregarious in arcs or rings.

It fruits from mid to late winter in California, and in autumn in other parts of North America.