Humidicutis

Humidicutis is a small genus of brightly coloured agarics, the majority of which are found in Eastern Australia. They were previously described as members of Hygrocybe. The genus Porpolomopsis is closely related, and the species in it were once placed in Humidicutis.^[2] The genus was described by mycologist Rolf Singer in 1959.^[3]

Humidicutis
Humidicutis marginata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Agaricales
Family:	Hygrophoraceae
Genus:	Humidicutis Singer (1959)
Type species
Humidicutis marginata (Peck) Singer (1959)
Synonyms[1]
Tricholoma subgen. Humidicutis Singer (1948)

The generic name derives from the Latin humidus "moist" and cutis "skin", referring to their moist caps.

Species

• Humidicutis arcohastata
• Humidicutis auratocephala
• Humidicutis bagleyi
• Humidicutis brunneovinacea
• Humidicutis calyptriformis
• Humidicutis conspicua
• Humidicutis czuica
• Humidicutis helicoides
• Humidicutis lilacinoviridis
• Humidicutis luteovirens
• Humidicutis marginata
• Humidicutis mavis
• Humidicutis multicolor
• Humidicutis peleae
• Humidicutis poilena
• Humidicutis pura
• Humidicutis rosella
• Humidicutis roseorubra
• Humidicutis taekeri
• Humidicutis viridimagentea
• Humidicutis woodii

undescribed Humidicutis at Ferndale Park, Australia

See also

• List of Agaricales genera

References

1. "Synonymy: Humidicutis (Singer) Singer". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2014-06-16.
2. Lodge DJ; et al. (2014). "Molecular phylogeny, morphology, pigment chemistry and ecology in Hygrophoraceae (Agaricales)" (PDF). Fungal Diversity. 64 (1): 1–99. doi:10.1007/s13225-013-0259-0. S2CID 220615978.
3. Singer R. (1958). "Fungi Mexicani, series secunda - Agaricales" (PDF). Sydowia. 12 (1–6): 221–243 (see p. 225).