A grey-brown, acutely conical species with a strong farinaceous odour, closely resembling the widespread introduced Entoloma sericeum.

Pileus: 10-25 mm, acutely conical in both young and mature basidiomes, dark grey-brown, darker at apex. Hygrophanous; strongly transparent-striate toward the margin. Centre fibrillose or minutely squamulose; elsewhere smooth; dry and fragile.
Lamellae: 24-32 reaching stipe, with 1-3 lamellulae, subfree to adnexed, ventricose, up to 4 mm wide. Initially pale grey, gradually becoming pale pink. Edges entire, concolorous.
Stipe: 35-60 x 2-2.5 mm, cylindrical, equal, tapering slightly toward the base. Paler concolorous with pileus; fibrillose; with white basal mycelium. Hollow, brittle, dry, solitary.
Context: concolorous, brittle.
Odour/taste: strongly farinaceous.