[1] Basidiocarps (fruit bodies) are agaricoid and resemble those of Clitocybe species.

Microscopically the basidiospores are smooth, ellipsoid, weakly amyloid, and measure 4.5–5.5 x 3.5–4.0 μm.

[2] The recently described Clitopaxillus fibulatus is very similar, but differs microscopically in its slightly larger basidiospores and hyphae with more abundant clamp connections.

[2] The species typically occurs in leaf litter with pine, oak, and cedar.

It was originally described from France and is mostly known from southern, western, and central Europe, extending into North Africa.