It has a reddish brown stipe, and usually grows on fallen oak leaves.

[5] This species was originally defined as Marasmius querceus by the German mycologist Max Britzelmayr in 1896 and it had that name until it was put into the new genus Mycetinis in 2005 (see the Mycetinis page for more details).

[2][1] The name Marasmius prasiosmus (following Fries) has wrongly been used for this mushroom by some authors, but this is an erroneous synonym because there is a conflict between Fries's description of 1838 (which does represent M. querceus) and his original description of 1818 and 1821 (which legitimately represents a different mushroom).

[2][1][4][6] The pruinose or pubescent reddish brown stipe, together with its habitat on deciduous leaf litter are enough to distinguish it from other European species of Mycetinis.

[2][4] This mushroom is found in autumn on fallen deciduous leaves, especially those of various types of Quercus.