Cap small, convex to flat and sometimes shallowly funnel-shaped with age, often finely scaly or fibrillose rather than smooth. It ranges in colour from reddish-orange to orange-red, fading paler towards the margin, which may become crenate with maturity. The surface is dry or slightly tacky but never slimy, and the flesh is thin, firm, and yellowish to orangish. Gills distinctly decurrent, rather thick and waxy, spaced moderately to widely, and pale yellow to yellow, sometimes deepening in colour with age. Stem slender, cylindrical, and dry, occasionally silkily fibrillose, coloured orange to reddish-orange and usually paler towards the base. It lacks a ring and is solid or slightly hollow in mature specimens. Spore print white.
Microscopic Features: Spores ellipsoidal or ovoid to pear-shaped, measuring 7–9 × 4.5–5.5 µm, and inamyloid.
Hygrocybe cantharellus on the First Nature web site.
Hygrocybe cantharellus on the MushroomExpert.Com web site.
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