A small, brilliant orange forest waxgill, recognised by its strongly incurved young margin, dry glabrous cap, broadly adnate-decurrent lamellae, drop-shaped spores, and consistently negative chemical reactions. Locally common in mixed broadleaf–conifer forest.
Note: It's difficult to tell this species apart from the similar C. aurantiopallens even with a microscope.

Pileus: up to 20 mm; hemispherical to convex with strongly incurved margin in young basidiomes, becoming plano‑convex or obtusely campanulate. Colour brilliant orange, often with brick‑red or carrot‑orange tones; fading to apricot or pale yellow. Surface dry, glabrous, scarcely hygrophanous; margin substriate.
Lamellae: -12 (with 1-3 tiers of lamellulae); broadly adnate-decurrent or arcuate; concolorous with pileus or paler; edges entire; occasionally anastomosing.
Stipe:10-30 x 1-2.5 mm; cylindrical, equal or gradually attenuating toward base; concolorous with pileus or paler, especially near base; dry, glabrous to minutely fibrillose; solid becoming fistulose; single or caespitose.
Context:orange throughout.
Odour/tast: not distinctive.