Growing singly in mixed hemlock, birch, red maple, oak stand. Cap 7 cm, wrinkled and greasy. Light tan with a darker bump in the center. Gills white, attached, close to subdistant. Stipe 13 cm long not including the pseudorhiza x 6 mm thick at the apex and 10 mm thick at the base. White at apex grading to dark brown and fuzzy at the base.