H. coccinea (Fries) Kummer
has a bright scarlet cap which becomes yellow-ochre on drying and a yellow base to a scarlet stem.
H. conica (Fries) Kummer
has an orange to red stem and sharply conical cap which turns blackish with age and whose gills when cut exude a clear watery liquid.
H. flavescens (Kauffman) Singer
has a slimy, golden yellow cap and similarly coloured stem.
H. chlorophana
is similar, but has a lemon-yellow cap and stem.
H. punicea (Fries) Kummer
is a large and robust species, similar in colour to H. coccinea but with a white base to the stem.