| Macroscopic characters | shape | Ungulate |
| size | Up to 4 x 5 x 4 cm |
| texture | Glaborus; coated with a clear lacquer-like layer; smooth or rugose |
| pileus | Cream-colored; yellowish to tan; azonate; volva-like structure which completely encloses the pore surface except for a small hole at the base |
| stipe | N/A |
| context | Ivory-white; azonate; soft-corky |
| pore surface | Pale to dark chocolate brown |
| pores | Circular; 4-5 per mm |
| tube layer(s) | Pinkish buff; tubes up to 6 mm long |
| Microscopic characters | hyphal system | Trimitic |
| clamp connections | Generative hyphae with clamps at all septa |
| sterile elements | Cystidioles fusoid; with a basal clamp; thin-walled |
| basidiospores | Cylindric; hyaline; smooth; 12-15.6 x 4.5 um; pink en masse |
| Habitat characters | substrate/host | Recently killed conifers; commonly fruiting a year after trees are killed |
| seasonality | Annual |
| type of decay | Soft grayish-white rot of sapwood |
| range | Widely distributed in coniferous forest regions of North America; recently extended into southern pines in North Carolina |
| Notes | N/A |
| References | Overholts, 1953; Gilbertson & Ryvarden, 1986. Grand & Vernia, 2002 A, B. |
