Growing from a mostly decorticated log in mixed hemlock/birch/red maple moist woods at edge of intermittent stream. Caps 9-12 mm, dark golden brown, scaly all over, edges with veil remnants. Gills pale yellow, darker in older specimens, edges crenulate. Stipes 15-30 mm x 2 mm, yellow, darker at the base, finely scaly all over. Pleurocystidia absent, abundant cheilocystidia capitulate, clear to golden brown in KOH. Spore print brown, spores golden brown in KOH. Spore measurements: (6.3)6.6-7.5(7.6) x (3.7)3.8-4.5(4.7), means: 7.0 (SD=0.3) x 4.1 (SD=0.2), n=37.