Common in mountain beech forest (Fuscospora cliffortioides) under Myrsine divaricata s.l. Emergent fruiting bodies appearing out of thick mixed leaf litter, this carpeted with moss (Dicranoloma spp.). Mushrooms gracile up to 30 mm tall, stalks pink, caps (10-15 mm diameter) with a pinkish cast, otherwise mottled grey-black streaked with white. Underside of cap pink, gills pink.