Russet toughshank or Wood woollyfoot

The cap is 2-6 cm, hemispherical at first, then convex to flat. The colour varies from russet-yellow to yellow-brown, darker in the centre and paler toward the edge. In dry weather it fades to cream. The surface is smooth, slightly shiny when wet.

The cap is 2 to 7 cm across, usually 3 to 6 cm, convex with an inrolled margin at first, then flattening, sometimes with a low broad bump or a slight dip; old caps have a wavy, wrinkled or grooved edge.

The surface is hygrophanous, smooth or finely fibrous, dry and matt, sometimes with small white felty spots. The colour varies a lot: pinkish cream, yellowish buff, ochre or reddish brown, darker in the centre.

The gills are crowded, thin, attached or notched, and whitish to cream. Spore print white.

The gills are widely spaced and narrow, narrowly attached or almost free, pale yellowish at first and turning reddish brown with age.

The spore print is white to pale cream.

The stem is 3-8 cm tall and 0.3-0.7 cm thick: thin, cylindrical and often curved, darker reddish brown at the base and paler above. It's smooth and hollow, with no ring.

The stem is 3 to 8 cm tall and 0.3 to 0.8 cm thick, cylindrical and slightly wider at the base, tough and hollow, cap-coloured or yellowish brown, paler and finely frosted at the top. There's no ring.

The lower half is densely covered in white to yellowish woolly hairs that bind the leaf litter at the base.

The flesh of the cap is thin, whitish, with no particular aroma. In the stem it is stringy and springy. It doesn't change colour when cut.

The flesh is thin, tough and pale yellowish to brownish yellow.

Faint, pleasant mushroomy smell. Mild taste, nothing special.

The smell is faint and indistinct, slightly sour according to some descriptions. The taste is burning and peppery.