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Tentative: juvenile Hygrocybe Cantharellus (a.k.a. Orange or Chantarelle Waxy Cap)

I had the wrong camera and was being hurried by my party, but I got one image in reasonable focus.

 

Identification Notes:

Genus Hygrocybe is most likely, but species ID can be more difficult from just a photo. I used this guide to speculate:

 

www.uwgb.edu/biodiversity-old/resources/mushrooms/descrip...

 

There were many individual examples of this, widely dispersed along a 1.5km Great Lakes trail.

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Uploaded on August 16, 2025
Taken on August 12, 2025