Summary:
Datronia scutellata is recognized by the small black cap with a pale pore surface. Other features include a tough consistency, small pores, and large cylindric spores. The description is derived from Gilbertson(1).

Microscopic:
spores 8-12 x 3-3.5 microns, cylindric, inamyloid, colorless, thin-walled; basidia 20-25 x 7-10 microns, broadly clavate, with basal clamp; cystidia none but cystidioles 20-26 x 7-8 microns, fusoid, with basal clamp; hyphal system trimitic: generative hyphae "with clamps, hyaline in context and trama, 2.5-4 microns wide, pigmented hyphae with clamps present on pileus surface"; skeletal hyphae 2-4.5 microns wide, solid, pale yellowish, binding hyphae of same width as skeletal hyphae but much more branched

Notes:
Datronia scutellata has been found in BC, WA, OR, ID, MB, NB, NS, ON, PE, PQ, AZ, CT, FL, GA, IA, IN, ME, MI, MN, MT, NC, NH, NM, NY, OH, PA, TN, VT, and WV, (Gilbertson).

Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Brauniellula albipes (Zeller) A.H. Sm. & Singer Mycologia
Brauniellula nancyae A.H. Sm. Mycologia 2.08333333333333 931 1958