Paralepista gilva, commonly known as the yellow-stained funnel cap, is a small to medium-sized mushroom with a yellowish to ochre-brown, often irregularly shaped cap and decurrent, pale cream to yellow gills. It typically grows in groups or arcs on soil covered with leaf litter in deciduous and mixed forests, especially in autumn.

Cap thin and soft, at first convex, later flattened to funnel-shaped. Surface smooth and somewhat shiny, pale beige to ochre-brown, often with darker, drop-like spots, especially toward the margin. Gills crowded, decurrent, sometimes forked, white to pale ochre-yellow. Stem solid then hollow, often slightly thickened at the base, coloured like the cap or paler, with fine whitish fibres and white mycelium at the base. Flesh thin, tough, whitish to pale ochre near the base, with a slightly sour odour and taste reminiscent of freshly cut grass. Spore print white.

Microscopic Features: The spores are smooth and have an ellipsoidal shape, measuring between 6.5-8.5 x 3.5-4.5μm.