Description:
mushroom
Fruiting Body: cap 3-6.5 cm; stalk central, 7-17.5 cm long x 9-15 mm diameter, equal. Spore Print Color: black. Spores: basidiospores 8-11 x 5-6 µm, cylindric-ellipsoid, smooth, dark brown, central truncate pore.

Diagnostic macroscopic feature: large single to caespitose gray inky cap with ring at base, on wood

Diagnostic microscopic feature: smooth, broad spores

Nutritional Mode: saprobe

Substrate: on downed wood, or on wood in soil

Habitat: woodlands

Fruiting Season: summer, fall