The species was first described scientifically by mycologists Currie Marr and Daniel Stuntz in their 1974 monograph, "Ramaria of western Washington".

The context has a fleshy or fibrous consistency, but it becomes brittle and chalky when dry; it sometimes has pinkish or brownish tones in age, and does not react to iron sulfate or Melzer's reagent.

[4] The stipe of young fruit bodies is white, while the branches range from shades of grey, to beige, and even orange.

Spores are somewhat cylindrical to roughly elliptical, ornamented with lobed warts, and measure about 10.1 by 4.9 μm.

[4] Fruit bodies of Ramaria acrisiccescens grow on the ground under western hemlock,[2] typically in mixed forests.