The fruiting body of the sporocarp is 1.5–3.5 cm broad, attached to the substrate by a tuft of mycelium, and spherical to slightly compressed.

[5] It eventually flakes away, or peels off in sheets, the latter occurring at maturation in hot, dry conditions.

The capillitium is composed of individual elements, rather than interwoven, main branches thick-walled, flexuous, rapidly tapering, forking more or less dichotomously, ochre-colored in KOH.

The gleba is white, turning dingy yellowish, olive-brown, finally dark-brown and firm-textured.

[7] Obsolete synonyms for B. plumbea include: They often live in scattered to clustered in disturbed areas, especially in sparse grass.