Cap is 3-11 cm broad, peg to vase-shaped, the disc frequently depressed but not funnelform; margin incurved, wavy, in age decurved, plane, to upturned. The ssurface is smooth or with appressed hairs, dry, yellow to golden-yellow, fading in age; flesh yellowish, thick, firm. Odour faintly fruity, taste mild. Gills reduced to ridges, decurrent, forking, often cross-veined or anastomosing, coloured like the cap or lighter.

Stipe : 2-9 cm long, 0.5-3.5 cm thick, tapering to a narrowed base; surface dry, smooth, concolorous or lighter than the cap.

Gregarious, clustered, or in fairy-rings. Fruiting from autumn to early spring.