It has a widespread distribution in Europe, where it is typically found in association with oak and beech trees.

The gills are crowded together, adnate or emarginate in attachment to the stipe, and white or a light ochraceous yellow with dark brown stains when old or bruised.

[3][4] Spores have a roughly spherical or ellipsoid shape, are hyaline, smooth, non-amyloid, and have dimensions of 5.5—7.0 x 4.5—5.5 μm.

[4] This mycorrhizal species typically grows in small groups, and is often found near trees in the genera Quercus and Fagus.

[5] Despite its inedible status by some sources,[2][4] Tricholoma ustaloides is consumed by the inhabitants of Ajusco and Topilejo, communities near Mexico City.