Medium sized mushroom. Appeared to be one of few mushrooms that grew next to a creek in a very wet habitat. Has cystidia. Pileipellis has an ixotrichodermic form (hyphae are contained within a slimy or mucosal layer; this gives the specimen a wet, sticky/slimy feel when picked fresh). Decreases in size and shape is deformed when the mushroom is dried (loss of water/mucosal layers within cap/surface tissue). Spores turn blue-ish black when stained with Melzer's reagent (therefore are amyloid). Hyphae are elongated, fibrous cells. In addition to hyphae, relatively large, circular cells can also be seen in the gill trama, stipe and pileipellis called sphaerocytes. Sphaerocytes are unique to both Russula and Lactarius groups, giving these genuses their characteristic brittleness. The cap also appears to be convex when young, gradually morphing into a funnel-shape.