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Humidicutis marginata

|Hygrophorus marginatus Peck |Hygrocybe marginata (Peck) Murrill |Tricholoma marginatum (Peck) Singer

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. William Alphonso Murrill called it Hygrocybe marginata in 1916. It was transferred to the new genus Humidicutis by Rolf Singer in 1958, who had previously placed it in Tricholoma.

Description

The orangish cap is up to 4 cm wide and the yellowish stipe 9 cm long. The spore print is white.

Distribution and habitat

It is found in North America under trees.

Edibility

It is considered edible with a pleasant taste, but one guide says it is "not worthwhile".

References

References

  1. [[Audubon]]. (2023). "Mushrooms of North America". [[Knopf]].
  2. Phillips, Roger. (2010). "Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America". Firefly Books.
  3. Murrill WA.. (1916). "Agaricaceae tribe Agariceae". North American Flora.
  4. Peck CH.. (1876). "Report of the Botanist (1874)". Annual Report on the New York State Museum of Natural History.
  5. Singer R.. (1943). "Type studies on Basidiomycetes. II". Mycologia.
  6. Singer R.. (1958). "Fungi Mexicani, series secunda - Agaricales". Sydowia.
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