Pseudohydnum totarae has a well developed stipe, growing from the top of decaying wood singly or in small groups. with cap colours ranging from translucent white to dark brown

Basidiocarps: gelatinous, spathulate to dimidiate, typically 4 x 2 cm in the isotype; often short-stipitate.
Colour: fresh material is not fully documented in the isotype, but related taxa in the complex are translucent pale‑grey to whitish.
Hymenophore: toothed, with short conical spines to 1 mm.