Uncommon. Noted once in open ground amongst rotting wood and leaf litter dominated by tanekaha (Phyllocladus trichomanoides), kauri (Agathis australis) and rawirinui (Kunzea robusta) within a kauri / tanekaha dominated forest. Gills yellow. Pileus initially densely covered in reddish-brown, hair-like scales, these shedding somewhat as fruiting body matures. Stipe pale organge-brown