[1] Fruit bodies grow as ochraceous to ochraceous-brown, overlapping fan- or oyster-shaped caps on the wood of deciduous trees.

The gills on the underside are closely spaced, ochraceous, and have an adnate attachment to the stipe.

[2] The species was previously confused with the greenish-capped Sarcomyxa serotina which is bitter-tasting.

"Generally, it grows on the fallen woods of broad-leaved trees in remote mountains and old forests, but not all broad-leaved trees are suitable for its growth, and the rotten basswood is very easy to grow S.

[5] "S. edulisis distributed in provinces of Hebei, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Shanxi, Guangxi, northern Shaanxi, Sichuan"[6] in China, and at present, China already has high yield cultivation techniques.