Appearance
The cap is broadly convex to more or less flat, measuring 3–9 cm wide with an margin that is initially rolled inward. Fresh specimens are sticky or slimy. The cap colors is orange to dull reddish-orange. Parts that have been handled bruise dark red. The surface textures ranges from smooth to covered with scattered appressed fibrils and scales. The closely spaced gills are whitish but develop brownish to reddish-brown stains in maturity. They are narrowly attached to the stipe, sometimes by a notch. The often hollow stipe measures 4–8 cm long by 1–2 cm thick, and is either roughly the same width throughout, or tapers slightly to the base. Its surface is covered with dense orangish scales that terminate in a line near the top of the stipe, where it is white. The white, mealy tasting flesh does not change color with injury.The spore print is white. Spores are smooth, ellipsoid, and inamyloid, measuring 5–6 by 3–4 µm.
Distribution
The fungus grows in a mycorrhizal relationships with various species of conifers. Fruit bodies grow scattered or in groups or clusters on the ground."Tricholoma aurantium" is widely distributed in North America. It is found in Asia. The ectomycorrhizae of "T. aurantium" has been reported with "Pinus wallichiana" and "Abies pindrow" in Pakistan, and with silver fir in Italy.
Habitat
The fungus grows in a mycorrhizal relationships with various species of conifers. Fruit bodies grow scattered or in groups or clusters on the ground."Tricholoma aurantium" is widely distributed in North America. It is found in Asia. The ectomycorrhizae of "T. aurantium" has been reported with "Pinus wallichiana" and "Abies pindrow" in Pakistan, and with silver fir in Italy.
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