The Old Man of the Woods

Description:

You know you are have become a little to obsessed with mushrooms when you get excited and find yourself saying, "What's up old man"... Cap: 3-15 cm; convex becoming broadly convex in age; dry; covered with coarse, black, woolly scales over a whitish to grayish base color; the margin frequently with hanging remnants of a partial veil. Pore Surface: Whitish, soon becoming gray and finally black; bruising reddish, then black; pores angular; tubes to 1.5 cm. Stem: 4-12 cm long; 1-2.5 cm thick; more or less equal; grayish to blackish; shaggy; sometimes reticulate above; sometimes with an ephemeral ring or ring zone; solid. Flesh: Whitish throughout, turning pinkish to red when exposed, then blackening over the course of an hour. Odor and Taste: Not distinctive. Spore Print: Blackish brown to black.