E. Horak 1973
A small, pure yellow waxgill with a dry, minutely squamulose cap and broadly adnate to decurrent gills lacking any orange or red tinge
Pileus: 10-25 mm, hemispherical when young, then convex and expanded, often flat at centre; golden to lemon yellow, hygrophanous, dry, estriate, minutely squamulose to felty.
Lamellae: broadly adnate to decurrent with a short tooth; coloured like the pileus or deep yellow; never orange or red; edge concolorous, even.
Stipe: 25-40 x 3-5 mm, cylindric, equal or slightly attenuated below; concolorous with pileus, yellowish‑grey near base; dry, glabrous, waxy; hollow or stuffed.
Context: yellow,
Odour/tast: not distinctive.
Common name: None
Habitat: Lowland podocarp-broadleaf forest
Substrate: Saprobic, on soil amidst leaf litter
Distribution: New Zealand wide
Season: Autumn
Biostatus: Endemic to New Zealand
Edible: No
Spore print: White