Spore deposit brown. Cap 5 - 11 mm across. Stipe 25 - 45 mm long x 1 mm thick. Clamp connections present. Caulocystidia 55 - 100 x 12.5 - 22.5 µm. Pilocystidia readily observed, with bulbous base, 47.5 - 70 x 6.3 - 15 µm. Basidia 4-spored, 23 - 35 x 7.5 - 8.8 µm. Cheilocystidia lageniform, 50 - 61.3 x 10 - 12.5 µm. Pleurocystidia lageniform, necks not corkscrewed, 45 - 47.5 x 12.5 - 15 µm. Spores rough, 11.1 - 12.5 x 6.5 - 7.3 µm. A. H. Smith regards fruitbodies with 4-spored basidia and spores 11- 13 x 6 - 7 µm to be G. atkinsoniana var. atkinsoniana.
White in white light, photographed in 365 nanometer ultraviolet
Spore wall thin, growing in muddy soil on the edge of a road