First described as Hypophyllum sinapizans by Jean-Jacques Paulet in 1793,[3] it was transferred to the genus Hebeloma by Claude Casimir Gillet in 1878.

[5] The fruit body has a cap that is initially convex before flattening out in age, reaching a diameter of 4–15.5 centimetres (1+1⁄2–6 inches).

The cap surface ranges from moist to sticky, and it is smooth with a margin that is first curled inward and expanding to become curled upward in maturity; the cap color is whitish-tan to cinnamon-tan, sometimes with pinkish- or reddish-brown tints.

As of December 2022, the species has been found in 20 countries across Europe as well as in Asiatic Turkey and Lebanon.

[6] The fungus fruits on the ground in groups or fairy rings in deciduous and coniferous forests.