The diameter of this mushroom usually varies from 3 to 12 cm. Spore powder is white. It grows usually in rich clusters on roots and live trunks of oaks and black alders. Its growing season is from September to October. It is very rare in Latvia. It is edible only when boiled properly, fresh is poisonous. Stalks are hard and should be discarded. Some people may suffer digestive upsets from this mushroom.

Ēdama, jānovāra un ūdens jānolej. Kātiņi ir sīksti, tos labāk izmest ārā. Šīs sēnes ir labas gan marinētas, gan sālītas, taču dažiem cilvēkiem var izraisīt gremošanas traucējumus. Ir reģistrēti saindēšanās gadījumi, kad celmenes nav bijušas labi novārītas, vai ir aukstā veidā sālītas.