Cap convex to broadly humped, bright golden yellow to rusty brown, with a slimy or greasy surface covered in darker-brown scales that sometimes disappear in rain. Gills close, adnate (broadly attached) and cream-coloured when young, turning reddish-brown as the spores develop. Stem central or off center, cylindrical, solid, firm, lemon-yellow but becoming browner with age. Surface cottony above the poorly developed ring, fibrillose to scaly below. The stem flesh is yellowish and fibrous. Spore print reddish-brown.
Microscopic Features: The spores are ellipsoidal and smooth, measuring 6.5-10 x 4-6μm. They possess a noticeable germ pore.
Pholiota aurivella on the First Nature Web site.
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