Description:
mushroom
Fruiting Body: cap 2-5 cm; stalk central 3-6 cm long x 2-3 mm diameter, equal or slightly enlarged at base. Spore Print Color: black. Spores: basidiospores 7 x 4 µm,, elliptical, smooth, dark brown.

Diagnostic macroscopic feature: this is one of several inky caps that develop from large mat of orange mycelia called ozonium, on wood

Nutritional Mode: saprobe

Substrate: on wood or humus

Habitat: deciduous woods