Description: Cap: 4 cm wide, convex, margin even, dry, dark brown, velvety. Context: Pale yellow, 5 mm thick, stains blue. Pores: Lemon yellow, 1-2 round pores/mm, 1 cm deep, sunken around stem, rapidly stain blue. Stem: 7 cm x 1 cm, tapering toward apex, dark beige ground color, brown/black reticulation, no veil. Spore Print: Dark brown. Spores: 8.5 - 12.1 x 5.1 - 6.1 µm, ovate to amygdaliform, longitudinally striate, yellow/brown. Habitat: Mixed hardwood and hemlock, near a pile of decaying wood.