Growing on ground, perhaps on humus, in mixed woods. Caps up to 9.6 cm across, dry and somewhat velvety. Gills crowded and subdecurrent. No distinctive odor. Spore print light reddish brown and lighter where deposit is thin. Spores not amyloid or dextrinoid. Spores ~ 6.0-7.2 X 4.8-5.8 microns, broadly ellipsoid to ellipsoid(Qavg = 1.36), and most somewhat lumpy/angular. Strange combination of characteristics(?)