Uncommon. Growing in thick leaf litter and fern roots overlying stream banks (site would get flooded frequently). Dark chocolate brown to almost black 'bolete' type fruiting body. Pileus dish-shaped, dark brown with darker brown spotting. Pores brown to amber coloured with faint blue sheen. Stipe stout, dark brown to black-brown. Scale bar in centimetres. Voucher: P.J. de Lange 13344 & T.J.P. de Lange, PDD