Golden Waxcap - Hygrocybe chlorophana

The cap is yellow and slimy, becoming paler and flattening as it ages; young caps may be a deep yellow verging on orange. The gills are narrowly attached to the stipe (adnate or adnexed/partly free).  The slender stem (stipe) is the same colour as the cap and is also sticky (viscid). 

It is often confused with Butter Waxcap, which is found in similar habitats; Golden Waxcaps are often taller and larger than Butter Waxcaps, but size and shape and colour of both species is very variable.  Gill attachment and texture of cap/stipe are the most helpful characteristics. 

The Butter Waxcap (Hygrocybe ceracea) has a greasy, not a sticky, cap, and broadly adnate/slightly decurrent gills, and s often smaller.  There are other yellow waxcaps with slimy or sticky caps.

texture

Your notes must state the texture (sticky/greasy/dry) of cap and stipe and photos should show gills as well as cap

Unimproved mown or grazed grasslands in pastures, churchyards and cemeteries

Late summer to early winter

Fairly frequent and widespread in Britain.

Occasional in Leicestershire and Rutland.