Humidicutis marginata
| Humidicutis marginata | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Hygrophoraceae |
| Genus: | Humidicutis |
| Species: | H. marginata
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| Binomial name | |
| Humidicutis marginata | |
| Synonyms | |
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Humidicutis marginata | |
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 | Gills on hymenium |
 | Cap is umbonate |
 | Hymenium is adnexed |
 | Stipe is bare |
 | Spore print is white |
 | Ecology is saprotrophic |
 | Edibility is edible |
Humidicutis marginata is a gilled fungus of the waxcap family.
Taxonomy
The species was first described as Hygrophorus marginatus by Charles Horton Peck in 1876.[1] William Alphonso Murrill called it Hygrocybe marginata in 1916.[2] It was transferred to the new genus Humidicutis by Rolf Singer in 1958,[3] who had previously placed it in Tricholoma.[4]
Description
The orangish cap is up to 4 centimetres (1+1⁄2 in) wide and the yellowish stipe 9 cm (3+1⁄2 in) long. The spore print is white.[5]
Distribution and habitat
It is found in North America under trees.[5]
Edibility
It is considered edible with a pleasant taste, but one guide says it is "not worthwhile".[6]
References
- ^ Peck CH. (1876). "Report of the Botanist (1874)". Annual Report on the New York State Museum of Natural History. 28: 31–88.
- ^ Murrill WA. (1916). "Agaricaceae tribe Agariceae". North American Flora. 9 (6): 375–421.
- ^ Singer R. (1958). "Fungi Mexicani, series secunda - Agaricales". Sydowia. 12: 221–34.
- ^ Singer R. (1943). "Type studies on Basidiomycetes. II". Mycologia. 35 (2): 142–63. doi:10.2307/3754706. JSTOR 3754706.
- ^ a b Audubon (2023). Mushrooms of North America. Knopf. p. 396. ISBN 978-0-593-31998-7.
- ^ Phillips, Roger (2010) [2005]. Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America. Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books. p. 74. ISBN 978-1-55407-651-2.