Sheathed woodtuft or Golden scalycap

Cap 4-12 cm across, hemispherical with an inrolled margin in young mushrooms, becoming convex to almost flat with age. Color: golden-orange, honey-yellow, with darker reddish-brown flattened scales arranged in concentric rings. In wet weather the cap surface is slightly slimy. In young mushrooms the cap margin carries remnants of a whitish veil.

The cap is 3-7 cm across, hemispherical with an inrolled edge in young mushrooms, later becoming convex to flat with a noticeable low bump. The color is two-toned: in wet weather the center is dark chestnut-brown and the edge pale ocher; in dry weather it's the other way around. The surface is smooth, slimy in wet weather. The cap skin peels off easily.

The hymenophore is made of gills — attached to the stem, moderately crowded. When young they are light yellow, darkening with age to rusty brown as the spores ripen. Spore print rusty brown. In young mushrooms the gills are covered by a whitish cobweb-like veil, which tears and leaves a ring-like remnant on the stem.

Gilled hymenophore: the gills are attached to the stem, moderately crowded. In young mushrooms they are pale beige, cream, darkening with age to brown, chocolate-brown as the spores ripen. The spore print is brown to rusty brown. In young mushrooms the gills are covered by a whitish partial veil.

Stem 5-12 cm tall, 0.8-1.5 cm thick, cylindrical, often curved from growing on the vertical surface of a trunk. Color: yellow at the top, dark rusty toward the base. On the stem there is a ring zone from veil remnants (not a true ring, but a zone with scales). Below the ring zone the brown scales are more pronounced.

The stem is 4-8 cm tall and 0.5-1 cm thick, cylindrical, often curved. Two-toned: in the upper part (above the ring) it is smooth, pale ocher-cream. In the lower part (below the ring) it is brownish-black, with distinct brown toothlike scales that stick outward. The ring is narrow, membranous, brownish; noticeable in young mushrooms, it may disappear in older ones.

The flesh is firm, yellow, becoming tough in the stem with age. It does not change color when cut. The smell is distinctly mushroomy and pleasant in young specimens. The taste is mild at first, then slightly bitter — the bitterness disappears after boiling.

The flesh is meaty in the cap, thin in the stem, creamy white to brownish cream. When cut it does not change color. The smell and taste are pleasantly mushroomy, with a nutty note.

Pleasant and mushroomy, with a light nutty or resinous note in young specimens. In old ones — sharper, sour and astringent.

Pleasantly mushroomy with a nutty note. No chemical or mealy undertones, an extra diagnostic feature against Galerina, which has a faint mealy smell.