The diameter of this mushroom usually varies from 3 to 12 cm. Spore powder is white or creamy. It grows usually in rich clusters on stumps, roots and live trunks of coniferous trees. Its growing season is from September to December. It is very common in Latvia. It is edible only when cooked 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.