This species is easily recognised by its shaggy, reddish-pink to tan scales, appendiculate (fringed) cap margin, yellow pores that bruise blue, and longitudinally ridged (“winged”) spores.

Cap: Broadly convex, becoming irregularly flattened with age. Surface dry, covered in coarse, upturned, floccose scales arranged in irregular patches. Scale colour tan to pale cinnamon, with hints of pinkish-buff in fresher areas. Background cap surface pale ochre to light brown. Overall texture strongly shaggy/fibrillose, consistent with the Boletellus “pineapple-like” habit. Margin even.
Pores & Tubes: Pores bright yellow, small, and angular. Tube layer yellow, moderately thick. No obvious bruising blue. Pore surface slightly depressed around the stipe, typical of many Boletellus species.
Stipe: Stout, tapering slightly upward, pale buff-brown. Surface dry, with a fine longitudinal fibrillose texture. No reticulation visible. Base slightly broadened and attached to decaying wood. Flesh appears pale yellowish-white in the cut section.
Flesh: Flesh Pale cream to pale yellow, firm. No colour change visible in the cut surface (may require fresh material to confirm).