Basidiocarps: Small, gelatinous, and distinctly cup‑ to trumpet‑shaped. Fruit bodies typically 5–15 mm across, sometimes slightly larger in moist conditions. Margin thin, smooth, often slightly incurved when young, becoming flared or wavy with age. Underside and exterior smooth, continuous with the short, narrowed base.
Growth Habit: Occurs scattered, gregarious, or in small clusters. Cups often appear upright, sometimes slightly tilted or irregularly shaped depending on substrate texture. Common after rain; shrivels to a thin, leathery remnant in dry periods.
Colour: YellowBright orange to deep orange‑red, often translucent when fresh. Colour may fade to paler orange or amber as the fruit body ages or dries. When dry, becomes tough, rubbery, and darker.
Substrate: Saprotrophic on dead wood, especially well‑rotted conifer or hardwood branches. Often found on deeply decayed, barkless wood or embedded woody debris. In New Zealand, typically on rotting broadleaf wood in damp forest.