The red-brown, glossy cap fades to the edge of yellow-brownish.

The cylindrical and full-length grooved stipe is pale yellow.

The best way to differentiate the species by testing for the presence of separable gelatinous threads running along the bottom of the gills.

Psilocybe liniformans has been found growing in the Netherlands, England and some other nearby European countries.

It grows exclusively from herbivore dung, usually that of horses, and often fruits gregariously.