note. | Pileus medium-sized, 30-80 x 20-60 mm, ochre-brown, grey-brown or grey, squamulose only at centre, often seemingly smooth. Growing fasciculate, on wood, trunks or wood-chips. Spores < 10 µm long when smooth, if larger then spores warty (subsect. Atramentarii (Fr.) Konr. & Maubl.). |
a. | Pileus c. 20-30 mm high, ochraceous, almost smooth; spore breadth 4.5-5.2 µm: C. acuminatus |
b. | Pileus usually larger, orange-brown, grey-brown or grey; spore breadth 5-6 µm |