Pileus: convex becoming centrally depressed; 15 – 40 mm diameter; glabrous; dry; pale orange; margin lobed.

Stipe: tapering towards base; 10 – 15 × 3 – 5 mm; glabrous; dry; pale orange.

Gills: decurrent; broadly spaced; anastomizing; white.

Flesh: firm, pale orange.

Spore print: white to pale yellow.

Spores:

Notes: close to C. garnieriiin its macro characters except that it has white and rather more robust gills.