Heavily wrinkles dark burgundy-dark purple cape with a grayish-white blush n top of some of the ridges; older specimens become more red and less wrinkled, and may exude water from the cap when water-saturated; pores angular, becoming decurrent gills at stipe attachment, olive-brown to yellowish, with red or pinkish rim; stipe 4-6 inches long, brown at base becoming quickly red to dark burgundy red, and finally nearly yellow-white just below cap attachment; flesh of cap white.