''Humidicutis'' is a small

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

of brightly coloured

agaric An agaric () is a type of fungus fruiting body characterized by the presence of a pileus (cap) that is clearly differentiated from the stipe (stalk), with lamellae (gills) on the underside of the pileus. In the UK, agarics are called "mushroo ...

s, the majority of which are found in Eastern Australia. They were previously described as members of ''

Hygrocybe ''Hygrocybe'' is a genus of agarics (gilled fungi) in the family Hygrophoraceae. Called waxcaps in English (sometimes waxy caps in North America), basidiocarps (fruit bodies) are often brightly coloured and have dry to waxy caps, white spores, an ...

''. The genus ''

Porpolomopsis ''Porpolomopsis'' is a genus of fungi in the family Hygrophoraceae. It was circumscribed in 2008 by Andreas Bresinsky to contain '' P. calyptriformis''. Bresinsky separated it from the genus ''Hygrocybe'' based on its color and the absence ...

'' is closely related, and the species in it were once placed in ''Humidicutis''. The genus was described by mycologist

Rolf Singer Rolf Singer (June 23, 1906 – January 18, 1994) was a German-born mycologist and one of the most important taxonomists of gilled mushrooms (agarics) in the 20th century. After receiving his Ph.D. at the University of Vienna in 1931 he worked ...

in 1959. The

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name derives from the

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''humidus'' "moist" and ''cutis'' "skin", referring to their moist caps.

Species

Hygrophoraceae mushroom Ferndale park 2 pinks

References

Agaricales genera Hygrophoraceae Taxa named by Rolf Singer {{Hygrophoraceae-stub

Species

See also

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