Hygrophorus squamulosus Ellis & Ev. Cap 1.5-5cm across, obtuse to convex, with the disc often slightly depressed and the margin incurved; bright red to bright orange-yellow, margin yellowish pink and finally becoming bright yellow all over; dry or slightly moist, smooth when young, becoming distinctly scaly, especially near the margin. Gills adnate or with a slight decurrent tooth; close to subdistant, broad; reddish to pale yellow. Stem 30-50 x 3-6mm, hollow, often compressed; apricot yellow with white pith; smooth except for white bloom at the top. Flesh thick, firm; same color as cap fading to yellow. Odor not distinctive. Taste not distinctive. Spores subellipsoid, smooth, 6-8 x 4-5µ. Deposit white. No pleurocystidia; occasional cheilocystidia. Habitat scattered or in groups around rotten stumps and logs. Found in northeastern North America as far south as Tennessee and in the Pacific Northwest. Season August-September. Edibility not known.