The Saffron Milkcap has a rounded bright orange cap when young that is sticky when wet, later has darker zones and may be flushed with pale green patches.
When young, the cap is shallowly convex and soon becomes expanded with a central depression and finally funnel-shaped when fully mature. The cap margin remains inrolled. When damp, the cap is greasy and slippery.
The flesh is white and orange in the rind of the stem, which becomes hollow.
Crowded, of varying length narrow and slightly decurrent and almost the same colour as the cap, becoming greenish on bruising.
Cream
Thick, cylindrical, sometimes tapered towards the base, colour is similar to the cap but the surface has small, darker, shallow pits.
Common and widespread.
Found in groups or circles with Spruce and Pine in needle litter or grass.
