Lentinus tigrinus (Fr.) Fr. Cap 1.5-10cm across, convex to convex-depressed to funnel-shaped, with a somewhat wavy, ragged margin; at first grayish brown to black, with white to buff only showing in maturity; dry, covered in a dense coating of dark brown or blackish hairs or scales, which become sparser in age. Gills decurrent, crowded, narrow; white to yellowish white with ragged edges. Stem 20-60 x 4-l0mm, central to eccentric, tapering downward and often bent; grayish yellowy fawn, lighter at the top, darker at the base; hairy to scaly; creamy partial veil leaves a slight ring or zone toward the top of the stem which may disappear in age, or veil may remain intact, covering the gills. Flesh thin, tough, fibrous; white. Odor mild or none. Taste not distinctive. Spores narrowly cylindric, smooth, nonamyloid, 6-9.5 x 2.5-3.5µ. Deposit white. Habitat singly or more commonly in groups or clusters on water-soaked hardwood logs or stumps. Sometimes common. Found in Europe and widely distributed in North America east of the Rockies, but more abundant southward. Season May-September. Edibility not known.