Growing in needle litter near Pseudotsuga menziesii var. glauca, Picea engelmannii, Quercus gambelii and Ameliancher alnifolia. Caps cream-colored. Caps and stems dry when collected. Odor faint. Gills attached. Cuts on stems with red-brown discoloration. Stems hollow. Context dense. Pileipellis composed of interwoven hyphae. Clamps present in the pileipellis and in the lamellar trama. Basidia 4-sterigmate. Spores smooth and thin-walled. Spore measurements: (4.6) 4.8 - 6 (6.7) Ã- (4) 4.2 - 5 (5.5) µm, Q = (1) 1.1 - 1.3 (1.4); N = 29, Me = 5.5 Ã- 4.6 µm; Qe = 1.2