Local name: No local name known

Edibility: Inedible

Habitat: Terrestrial and lignicolous and solitary and sometimes scattered.

Description: Cap: 3-11 cm, convex when young and becomes depressed as it matures, often with a rugged or wrinkled surface, blackish when young turns brownish as it matures with the margin sometimes becoming ridged. Hymenophore: Decurrent gills, distant, whitish but stains reddish to pinkish when damaged. Stem: 5-11 cm tall up to 1.5 cm wide, equal with slightly tapering at the base, con-colours with the cap except for a whitish base. Flesh: White which changes slowly to pinkish on exposurein air. Milk: White, drying to pinkish. Spore Print: Creamy white.

Comments: This species is easy to identify in the field due to its black colour with white latex but it has many varieties.This one has a rough cap surface and thick flesh with medium size, there are other larger varieties and smaller too.