A small, brilliant orange-apricot forest waxgill, recognised by its dry glabrous to minutely fibrillose cap, pale orange decurrent gills, A clean, non‑hygrophanous species lacking red tones.

Pileus: up to 20 mm; hemispherical to convex, becoming expanded with an upturned margin; colour brilliant orange to apricot, red tints absent; surface dry, glabrous to minutely fibrillose, not hygrophanous; margin scarcely striate.
Lamellae: 8-10 (with 1 tier of lamellulae); broadly adnate‑decurrent to arcuate; pale orange; edges concolorous, entire; occasionally anastomosing.
Stipe: 20-40 x 1.5-3(-4) mm; cylindrical, equal to subfusoid; concolorous with pileus or paler; dry, glabrous to innately fibrillose; solid becoming fistulose; single or caespitose.
Context: Pale orange.
Odour/tast: Not distinctive.