Habit: Numerous or trooping, but not in clumps
Spore length: 12.5-25 micrometers
Spore width: 5-12.5 micrometers
Smell: Dirt-like, smoky
Spore shape: Elliptical, pear shape
Spore ornamentation: Smooth
Fruiting body: Cup-shaped peridium
- 1.1 cm tall
- 0.5-0.7 cm base diameter
- 0.9-1.1 cm cup opening diameter
- Medium brown exterior with small hair-like structures
- Grey and striate interior surface
- Hard-shelled black peridiole: Attached to the interior of the peridium, containing many hyaline spores