Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca

Scientific name: Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca (Wulfen) Maire  
Derivation of name: Hygros means "moisture" or "wetness,"
phoros means "bearing" or "carrying," and opsis means
"resembling" or "similar to." Hygrophoropsis, then, means
"resembling Hygrophorus."  Aurantiaca means
"orange-colored."
Synonyms: Cantharellus aurantiacus (Wulfen) Fr.;
Clitocybe aurantiaca (Wulfen) Fr.   
Common name(s): False chanterelle 
Phylum:   Basidiomycota
Order:   Boletales
Family:   Hygrophoropsidaceae
Occurrence on wood substrate: Saprobic; single to grouped
or scattered on the ground under conifers and on decayed
conifer wood and other conifer debris; summer through fall.   
Dimensions: Caps 2.5-9 cm wide; stipes 2.5-10 cm long and
0.5-1.5 cm thick.   
Cap:  Smooth to minutely velvety; color variable but usually
orange-yellow to orange-brown, darker in the center.      
Gills: Decurrent, thin but with blunt edges, repeatedly forked;
pale yellow-orange to bright orange..
Spore print: White.
Stipe: Central to eccentric; dry; finely hairy; often curved;
pale yellow to orange.
Veil: Absent.
Comments: Called the false chanterelle due to its
resemblance to Cantharellus cibarius, a true chanterelle.
Cantharellus cibarius, however, has decurrent, forked, blunt
ribs and folds instead of true gills and is more yellowish in
color.

More information at MushroomExpert.com:

Figure 1. A field collection of Hygrophoropsis
aurantiaca. Note the variation in color and the darker
cap center. Photo © Rick Van de Poll.

Figure 2. The gills appear somewhat blunt and are
repeatedly forked, a feature better observed in Figure 5.
Photo © Rick Van de Poll.

Figure 3. The pine needles indicate a typical habitat for
this species. Photo © John Pliscke.

Figure 4. This was a display specimen at the 2011
NAMA foray at Clarion University in PA. The
specimens were placed on grass for the photograph.
Photo © Gary Emberger.

Figure 5. Note the repeatedly forked gills which are
somewhat blunt-edged. Compare to Omphalotus
illudens, a poisonous species that Hygrophoropsis
aurantiaca is sometimes confused with. Omphalotus
illudens has sharp-edged, unforked gills, and grows in
clusters.
Photo © Gary Emberger.