A sequestrate, truffle-like bolete with a thick, pale peridium, bluish to violaceous staining flesh, and a marbled gleba of locules lined with brown hymenial tissue.

Peridium: Thick, pale cream to buff, smooth to slightly uneven, often developing bluish or violaceous stains when handled or cut. Firm and rubbery when fresh; surface unornamented.
Gleba: Marbled, composed of irregular locules separated by pale sterile veins. Locules lined with brown hymenial tissue. Colour pale at first, becoming grey-brown to olivaceous with maturity. Bluing reaction strong, especially in exposed areas.
Stipe: Absent or vestigial, sometimes appearing as a small basal tuft or narrowed attachment point. No reticulation or ornamentation.
Flesh: Thick, firm, pale cream; rapidly bruising blue to violaceous, especially near the peridium and along sterile veins. Odour mild.