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Species of fungus From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Humidicutis marginata is a gilled fungus of the waxcap family.
Humidicutis marginata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Agaricales |
Family: | Hygrophoraceae |
Genus: | Humidicutis |
Species: | H. marginata |
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 |
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]
It is considered edible with a pleasant taste, but one guide says it is "not worthwhile".[5]
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