[1] The caps are 2–8 cm wide, and brownish closer to the center.

[2] The stalks are 2–6 long and 3–8 mm wide, sometimes with clusters of pale tomentum.

[3] Clusters of this species can be found in areas that are used for agriculture or filled with grass.

[2] The 1896 Report of the New York State Botanist wrote that the mushroom should be called Clitopilus tardus.

[4] Clitocybe tarda is possibly a synonym of Lepista sordida.