A finger-like, cream-coloured, fruiting body that can be branched. Growing from wood or, on rare occasion, the ground from buried wood.

Basidiocarps: Are small, gelatinous, and cream to brownish orange. Typically simple, club-shaped, or slightly flattened; may be minutely forked near the tip but never strongly branched. Height is usually 10-30 mm, occasionally to 40 mm. The texture is soft and gelatinous when fresh; it becomes tough, rubbery, and darker when dry.
Growth Habit: Occurs scattered or in small clusters, rarely forming dense tufts. Arises from well-decayed wood, often embedded in woody debris where only the tips are visible. Common in damp forest conditions, especially after rain.
Colour: Distinctive cream-orange to amber tones, often lighter towards the base. Tips may appear a darker orange-brown, and the base more pale and translucent.
Substrate: Strictly saprotrophic on dead wood; on rare occasions on the ground from buried wood. Found on rotting hardwoods more often than conifers in many regions. In New Zealand, typically on deeply decayed broadleaf wood.