Growing from a rotting birch log. Caps bright yellow to yellowish orange, very slimy. Younger caps covered with brownish scales that tend to disappear as the caps mature. Ephemeral cobwebby annulus. Stipe white, but covered with brownish fibrils and scales. Gills attached, whitish to yellowish. Spores light brown in KOH, (6)6.2-7.2(7.5) x (3.8)3.9-4.6(4.8). Means 6.7 (SD=0.3) x 4.2 (SD=0.2), n=100.