Cap convex at first, becoming flat or depressed at center. Margin thin, in-curved when young, lobed and wavy later. At first pallid, then brown with yellow or red tinges, remaining more pallid at the margin. Pine needles adhere to densely mattered surface fibrils. The flesh is soft and brittle. Stem white at the apex, becoming dull brownish below, equal or tapered towards the base, downy, sometimes eccentric.
Similar species include Bankera violascens and Sarcodon species that have brown coloured spores.
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