Local name: No local name known

Edibility: Edible

Habitat: Terrestrial on leave litter and scattered to solitary.

Description:Cap: 4-10 cm wide, at first hemispherical and later becomes flatter. The skin of the cap is light reddish brown to reddish orange-brown, later often more or less brown, smooth, dry, and slimy when damp.Hymenophore: The pores are creamy white at a young age, later greyish. In older specimens the pores towards the margin are bulged out, while around the stem they dent in strongly. Stem: 4-14 cm tall and up to 3cm wide, slim, with white and dark to black flakes, and tapering at the apex. It has white mycelium at the base.Flesh: Whitish, later more grey-white and does not change colour when bruised. In young specimens it is relatively firm, but it very soon becomes spongy and holds water, especially in rainy weather. Spore Print: Dull brown

Comments: There are several similarly coloured species that are best differentiated microscopically, but L. montanum can be distinguished by its different mycorrhizal host. L. grisenigrum is associated with birch. There are several species with a blackish to bluish-grey to dark brown cap L. snellii also has a dark cap.