[1] Its cap is 1.5-5 cm wide and varies in texture from smooth to tufted-hairy, to slimy when wet.

It is conical and purple-red when young, becoming yellow-tinted or reddish brown and convex and cracked with age.

The dimensions of the stipe are 1-6 cm long, and 3-10 mm thick, and it has thread-like texture its colour is similar to the cap.

Chalciporus rubinellus can grow solitary or in clusters around the trees it has mycorrhizal relationships with, usually conifers like spruce, hemlock and white pine.

Eating Chalciporus rubinellus is not recommended, and its odour and taste are not distinctive.