Amanita submembranacea is a medium sized fungus that is strongly olivaceous, initially with a pallid margin. Marginal striations occupy less than one fourth of the pileus radius.
This species occurs in association with fir, birch, larch, or spruce, fruiting from Summer till Autumn.
Free, not very crowded, and off-white, tending to gray or brown with age; the short gills are truncate to subtruncate, plentiful, and unevenly distributed.
Exannulate and has a sheathing, submembranous volva at its base. This volva rapidly becomes gray after it has been split to expose the pileus, and it often has an appearance similar to canvas with flakes of old paint on it.
