1a Fruiting body with typical mushroom form, tan or brown, with decurrent gills; lichenized thallus greenish and granular to small squamulose; on rotten wood and peaty soil; widespread, common
1b Fruiting body short, club shaped, pinkish brown, yellowish, tan, or whitish; lichenized thallus greenish, granular or membranous; on soil; widespread, occasional.