| CAP |
4-12cm in diameter.
Lovely orange-yellow that is very viscid when wet and still retains a shiny appearance when dry. Starting roundish becoming flatter with an occasional umbo. |
| STIPE |
Yellow with a covering of orange scales. Equal and has a lighter area were the ring has fallen away. Above the ring the stem lacks any orange scales. |
| GILLS/PORES |
The pores are a beautiful lemon yellow becoming more cinnamon and bruising darker when pressed. The pores are protected by woolly white veil when young. |
| FLESH |
Pale yellow in cap darker in the stem. Firm at first becoming very soft. Odour faintly of Geraniums. |
| SPORES |
Ochre, subfusiform to ellipsoid. |
| HABITAT |
On the ground strictly symbiotic with Larch. |
| SEASON |
Common.
Late
summer to autumn. |
| EDIBILITY |
Edible if the slimy cuticle is removed. a |
