Widely distributed in the Northern Hemisphere, the species has been recorded from Asia, Europe, and North America.

Ranging from 2 to 8 cm (3⁄4 to 3+1⁄8 in) in diameter, they are yellow-brown to darker brown with a fuzzy, furrowed external surface.

[2] The inside of the fruit body, the whitish gleba, comprises deeply folded and convoluted tissue with some internal open spaces between them.

[2] The odor of the internal flesh is usually mild, but David Arora has noted the existence of a form in the Western United States that smells similar to fermented cider.

[4] Fruit bodies grow singly or in groups under the soil surface near conifers and Eucalyptus trees.