Hygrophorus flavescens (Kauffman) Smith & Hesler syn. Cap 2.5-7cm across, broadly convex becoming flatter in age, sometimes with a depressed disc; margin incurved at first, sometimes upturned and wavy in mature specimens; bright orange, paler toward margin; sticky, smooth, then dry and shiny, margin striate when moist. Gills adnexed, close to nearly distant, broad; yellow, waxy. Stem 40-70 x 6- 14mm, hollow, fragile, often compressed or fluted, easily splits; yellowy orange with whitish base; smooth and moist. Flesh thin, waxy; yellowish. Odor pleasant. Taste not distinctive. Spores ellipsoid, nonamyloid, 6.75-8 x 4.75-5.5µ. Deposit white. Habitat scattered to gregarious on soil and humus in deciduous, coniferous, and mixed woods, particularly in damp, mossy areas. Widely distributed in eastern North America, Pacific Northwest, and Texas. Season June January. Edible. Comment Hygrophorus chlorophanus can easily be confused with this, but it has a really sticky coating, which this species does not, and is more yellow-colored.