[5] In 2018, a study proposed splitting the Limacella genus into three separate genera, due to morphological differences in members’ stipes and pileus structures, with L. illinita being reclassified as Myxoderma illinitum.

[7] Members of the Z. illinitus species generally have white or gray-brown, convex caps, which range between 2–7 cm in width.

[8] Most notably, the fruiting body's cap is covered with a thick, translucent veil of slime when fresh.

Another difference between the two is that the uppermost layer of hyphae of Z. illinitus’ pileus is composed of narrow, subcylindrical terminal cells.

[11] Zhuliangomyces illinitus is not currently considered economically important for humans, and its full ecological impact is unknown.

These can habitat singly, scattered, or in groups in woods, swamps, fields, lawns, roadsides and sand dunes.

A study in 2007 discovered four new bioactive compounds from basidiomycetes, isolated from fermentations of L. illinita: Illinitone A that exhibited weak phytotoxic and moderate nematicidal activities against Caenorhabditis elegans, Illinitone B that was moderately cytotoxic, Limacellone that exhibited weak cytotoxic and phytotoxic activities and muurolane sesquiterpene 4a that was found to be inactive in the assays performed there.