The name of the folded fawn comes from its structure. The mushroom has characteristic folds on the cap, and as a young fruiting body it is dark brown, chestnut, and when it matures, its cap fades to ocher, ocher yellow.

The cap can be up to 15 cm in diameter, the young fruiting body is brown, then yellowish and ocher. Initially, it has a hemispherical shape, then concave and flattened. The surface of the hat is smooth, folded, furrowed, in adults also folded, suede.

Tubes and pores of this species are yellow or of various shades of yellow.

The leg is light yellow, firm, thick, cylindrical, often extended at the base. The surface of the leg is very scaly, it resembles a jagged tree trunk. It's full inside.

The flesh is white or pale yellow. White color, does not change color when pressed or damaged. The smell and taste are pleasant, mild, slightly mushroom

A fruiting body attacked by another fungus

This is what a fruit body attacked by another Hypomyces fungus looks like. It turns red where it is attacked.

Occurrence. The mushroom is very rare in Europe, it likes deciduous forests. It grows on calcareous soils from summer to autumn.

Application. A tasty edible mushroom like any of the porcini mushrooms family.