[3] Its cap ranges from 2.5 to 6 cm wide, and can be more orange in youth.

[3] The spores are white, elliptical, smooth and inamyloid.

[4] Hygrocybe chlorophana is similar, noted in North America as having a more viscid stipe.

This distinction is not made in Europe, indicating that they may be the same species.

Mycologist David Arora describes it as "edible, but far from incredible".