Description:
mushroom
Fruiting Body: cap 1-3 cm; stalk central, 2-6 cm long x 1-2.5 mm diameter, equal. Spore Print Color: pink-brown. Spores: basidiospores 6-7 x 4.5-5.8 micro;m, ellipsoid, smooth, pale yellow in KOH, inamyloid.

Diagnostic macroscopic feature: small mushroom with bright yellow cap and stalk, free gills that become pink-brown with mature spores, growing on down wood in summer help to distinguish this mushroom

Diagnostic microscopic feature: sterile cells on gill faces 40-60 x 12-18 micro;m, fusoid-ventricose, sometimes with long neck; sterile cells on gill edges 30-46 x 10-23 micro;m,

Nutritional Mode: saprobe

Substrate: on down wood

Habitat: deciduous woods

Fruiting Season: summer