Pileus regular, fleshy, margin incurved when young; gills decurrent, becoming rust-coloured when mature ; stem central; veil fibrillose, never forming a distinct ring on the stem; spores ferruginous.

Closely allied to Pholiota, the difference between the two genera depending on the relative development of the veil, which in the present genus is fibrillose, and does not form a distinct ring on the stem, whereas in Pholiota the veil is interwoven, and forms a definite ring. Most species grow on wood; colours bright, orange-brown or yellow. being most frequent. Growing on trunks, stumps, &c. Some are destructive parasites.