The large cap, which protects the blackish spore-bearing tissue, splits, and usually falls away at maturity, allowing the spores to be dispersed by wind.

The spores are usually 10–14 (–16) by (8–) 9–12 μm broadly oval to sub-globose, smooth yellow to deep reddish-brown with a double wall, truncate base, and apical pore.

[5] In Australia, it was used by many desert tribes to darken the white hair in old men's whiskers and for body painting.

Despite efforts to mimic its natural habitat—characterized by sandy soils, termite mounds, and arid climates—all attempts to cultivate this species under controlled conditions have yielded unfavorable results as reposrted by various researches and mycology experts.

Podaxis pistillaris has a unique ecological relationship with its environment, and its growth is influenced by complex factors that are difficult to replicate artificially.