[5] Basidiocarps are agaricoid, up to 130mm (5 in) tall, the cap conical at first, retaining an acute or distinct umbo when expanded, up to 90mm (3 in) across, often splitting at the margins.

The stipe (stem) is smooth, often compressed and grooved or splitting, pale cap-coloured, lacking a ring.

[6] The Citrine Waxcap is widespread but generally rare throughout Europe, with the largest populations in the north west of the continent.

[7] Hygrocybe citrinovirens is typical of waxcap grasslands, a declining habitat due to changing agricultural practices.

[1] Hygrocybe citrinovirens also appears on the official or provisional national red lists of threatened fungi in several European countries, including Croatia,[8] Denmark,[9] Finland,[8] Germany,[10] Norway,[8] and Sweden.