Fruiting body: spathulate, spear shaped; 10 – 25 mm diameter; fertile head minutely and sparsely velutinate; black with felty hairs somewhat paler than background.

Stipe: cylindrical;40 – 70 × 3 – 8 mm; velutinate; black with felty hairs paler.

Spores:

Notes: this collection is characterised by the black fertile head on a spear-shaped fruiting body with a black, cylindrical, felty stem.