How to identify it?
Cap
Cap 2-5 cm across, pointed, conical; yellow to orange or scarlet, sometimes with olive tones; surface smooth. Flesh thin, fragile, cap-colored, turns black when cut. Odour and taste not distinctive.
Gills
Gills narrowly adnexed, whitish to yellow or yellow-orange, close.
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Scientific Classification
Phylum
Club fungi Class
Mushroom-forming fungi Order
Gilled fungi Family
Waxgills Genus
Waxcaps Species
Witch's hat