Ecoregion: Southern Outer Piedmont Habitat: Growing individually and in clusters on hardwood branch on floodplain to Shoal Creek Nearest_Tree: Hardwood, oak Habit: Many Cap/upper_surface: Largest cap ca. 1 cm across; hemispherical, with central hump that forms a black felt with fibrils that covers a radius of 1/3-to/2/3 of the cap; outer zone ‘smooth’; silver-to-dark gray to black; margin smooth in small caps, becoming irregular and undulating in larger caps. Cap/underside: Gills; many short gills; whitish-gray Collector: Joan Knapp Identifier: Rich Clark Collection_#: WCH-20180530-07