Inside rotting hemlock stump in mixed forest. Caps 1.5-4 cm, yellow with reddish brown scales all over. Stipe 3-5 cm x 5-7 mm thick, equal, smooth and yellow. Gills close, yellow. Spores ellipsoid, 4.8-5.9 x 3.2-3.8, Pleurocystidia absent, cheilocystidia of various shapes, thin-walled and inflated. Clamp connections present.