One of the more colourful species with a dry to viscid cap that is convex to umbonate as it ages. 25 to 40 mm in dia. With an orange centre fading to yellow/orange at the edge and a stipe that is orange fading to yellow/white at the base.

Pileus: 5-35 mm diam. Shape: Conic when young to convex to umbonate‑expanded; margin occasionally upturned. Colour: Deep orange to red‑brown, darker at centre; fading to pink-yellowish-brownish. Surface: Subviscid to dry; glabrous; margin slightly striated. Pellicle: Separable. Texture: Thin, fragile.
Lamellae: Attachment: Adnexed to emarginate‑adnate. Spacing: Moderately distant. Colour: Brilliant orange, especially at the even gill edge; becoming deep ochraceous. Form: Even; non‑gelatinised.
Stipe: 15-75 x 3-7 mm, fusoid, often curved. Colour: Apex yellowish or whitish; lower stipe pinkish‑yellow‑orange. Surface: Dry, glabrous.
Context: Hollow; fragile.
Odour/tast: Unpleasant, like rotten meat.