Pseudohydnum orbiculare has a bracket-like form with a poorly developed stipe that grows from the side of large decaying wood in overlapping clusters. with cap colours ranging from translucent white to dark brown. Contrary to the official description, it can grow a stipe when growing from the top of a log.

Basidiomata: annual, gelatinous, pileate, not confluent; typically in tiered groups. Caps orbicular to dimidiate, up to 50 mm
Attachment: laterally attached with a narrow point of attachment; no well‑formed pseudostipe.
Pileus surface: white to greyish‑brown to reddish‑brown, smooth to minutely velutinate, sometimes with scattered tiny blunt spines up to 0.2 mm long.
Hymenophore: white to pale brown, with gelatinous conical spines 2-4 mm long, 1-2 mm wide at base, spaced 0.5-1 per mm.
Context: 0.5-1.5 mm thick, concolorous with pileus.