This Pluteus species has a large flat dark brown cap when mature with small low ridges towards the outer margin of the cap. The appearance of the cap is relatively smooth with fibres lying very flat on the cap. There was some splitting of the cap at the margin. This fruit body was 8 cm in diameter with an overall height of 11.5 cm. The gills have a darker brown edge. The stipe is brown and fibrous along the entire length. It was longitudinally ridged especially towards the base and quite fuzzy towards the apex. The stipe was tall, 10-11 mm in diameter with a bulbous base of about 25 mm diameter. It was observed growing amongst disintegrated very rotten wood on the ground. Remnant mature coastal broadleaf forest.