Hygrophorus parvulus Pk. Cap 1-3cm across, broadly obtuse to flat, sometimes with a depressed disc; amber or apricot yellow or orange, sometimes fading to paler yellow; smooth, moist and sometimes a little sticky; translucent striate. Gills decurrent, subdistant, broad; cream to wax yellow. Stem 30-60 x 2-3mm, hollow, fragile, sometimes narrower at the base; lemon to amber yellow, often tinged red or orangy pink on the lower half, smooth. Flesh thin, brittle, waxy; same color as cap. Odor mild. Taste mild. Spores ellipsoid, nonamyloid, 5-7.7 x 3.5-5ì. Deposit white. Habitat gregarious on soil and humus in deciduous and mixed woods. Common. Found in east and west North America. Season June-October. Edibility not known.