Found in Western Australia, it gets its common name from the propensity of the fruiting bodies to spring out of decomposing animal remains.

[1] The holotype collection consisted of about 100 specimens that were fruiting around the bones of a decomposing kangaroo carcass that had been dumped some months before.

[3] The dull pinkish brown or cream cap is 3–11 centimetres (1–4+1⁄2 inches) in diameter, convex initially before flattening out with age.

[3] Similar species include the introduced poisonpie (Hebeloma crustuliniforme), which has been recorded in pine plantations, the native western Australian poisonpie (H. westraliense), which does not grow near carcasses, and the Australian white webcap (Cortinarius austroalbidus), which is paler and smells of curry.

[4] Fruiting bodies arise in eucalyptus woodland in the vicinity of sheep, reptile and bird carcasses.