CAP: (5-17 cm) wide, convex, becoming broadly convex to nearly flat; surface dry, finely velvety, ochraceous brown to pale brown when young, becoming dull cinnamon in age; flesh white, slowly staining brownish or pinkish when cut or bruised; odor and taste not distinctive.

PORE SURFACE: white when young, becoming pinkish or sometimes brownish in age, staining brown when cut or bruised; pores angular, 2-2.5 per mm.

STALK: (4-10 cm) long, (1-3 cm) thick, thicker at the base when young, nearly equal in age, solid, whitish when young, becoming pale brown below at maturity, staining brown when cut or bruised, often reticulate toward the apex; partial veil and ring absent.

SPORE PRINT: pinkish brown to reddish brown.

MICROSCOPIC FEATURES: spores 10-15 x 3-5 μm, narrowly subfusiform, smooth, pale brown.

FRUITING: scattered or in groups on the ground in oak, pine, and mixed hardwoods; July-September; occasional.

EDIBILITY: edible.

COMMENTS: Tylopilus ferrugineus is similar but has a dark reddish brown cap, a dark brown stalk, and spores that measure 8-13 x 3-5 ,am.

From Mushrooms of Northeastern North America Alan E. Bessette, Arleen R. Bessette, & David W. Fischer  Copright © 1997 Syracuse University, ISBN 0-8156-0388-6