A medium to large parasol mushroom with a pale cap covered in brown scales, a slender stipe with snakeskin-like patterning, and a thick, movable ring. Superficially similar to Macrolepiota procera and M. dolichaula, but differs in cap scaling pattern, stipe proportions, and microscopic features.

Cap: 60-150 mm, convex to expanded, often with a low central umbo. Background white to pale cream. Covered in brown to dark brown scales, denser toward the centre, more scattered toward the margin. Scales often triangular or irregular, not forming the large plate-like patches seen in Chlorophyllum. Margin smooth or slightly fibrillose, not strongly appendiculate. Flesh white, moderately thick, unchanging when cut.
Gills: Free, crowded. White, sometimes becoming cream with age. Edges smooth. No colour change on bruising.
Stipe: 100-200 x 10-20 mm, slender, hollow. White to pale cream, with brownish fibrils forming a snakeskin-like pattern.. Ring thick, movable, double-edged, white above and brownish below. Base slightly bulbous, sometimes rooting slightly.