 Characterised by a distinctive reddish shaggy cap, it grows in eucalypt woodlands.It produces a brown spore print, and has fusiform (spindle-shaped) spores that are 16–20 by 7–9 μm with longitudinal grooves.It is similar in appearance to "Boletellus ananiceps", but the latter species is scaly rather than shaggy, has a pinkish tint, and lacks grooves in the spores.