Ecologie–Ectomycorrhizien, associé à Gilbertiodendron dewevrei; forêt dense.
Macroscopy – Sporophores isolated.Cap 8-9 cm diam, fleshy, thin, ovate then convex-flat, centre umbonate, glabrous, dark brown to sooty; margin long furrowed.
Stipe cylindrical, 18-19 × 0.7-0.8 cm, hollow, glabrous, bistre; volva membranous, ample, bistre or umber; ring supereous, membranous, very crumbly, white.
Hymenophore lamellae free, white, 0.8-1 cm large. Flesh white. Spore print white.