The grey-capped fruit bodies are generally found singly or in small groups in deciduous and coniferous woodland in autumn.

[2] Tricholoma orirubens has a dark grey or grey-brown cap up to 7.5 cm (3.0 in) in diameter with darker blackish scales, and a straight or undulating margin.

The thick grey gills are emarginate or adnate and widely spaced, and turn red when bruised.

Found singly or in small groups in deciduous and coniferous woodland in autumn, it prefers clayey or chalky soils.

[3] Smelling and tasting strongly of flour, T. orirubens is one of the more appetising members of the genus.