Humidicutis
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Humidicutis is a small genus
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...

 of brightly coloured agarics, the majority of which are found in Eastern Australia. They were previously described as members of Hygrocybe
Hygrocybe
Hygrocybe is a genus of agarics in the family Hygrophoraceae. Called "waxcaps" in English , basidiocarps are often brightly coloured and have waxy to slimy caps, white spores, and smooth, ringless stems...

, such as the Mauve splitting wax-cap Humidicutis lewelliniae
Humidicutis lewelliniae
Humidicutis lewelliniae, commonly known as the mauve splitting wax-cap, is a gilled fungus of the waxcap family found in wet forests of eastern Australia and New Zealand. The small mauve- or lilac-coloured mushrooms are fairly common and appear in moss or leaf litter on the forest floor in autumn,...

of eastern Australia and Malaysia.

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

Species

  • Humidicutis arcohastata
  • Humidicutis bagleyi
  • Humidicutis conspicua
  • Humidicutis czuica
  • Humidicutis helicoides
  • Humidicutis lewelliniae
    Humidicutis lewelliniae
    Humidicutis lewelliniae, commonly known as the mauve splitting wax-cap, is a gilled fungus of the waxcap family found in wet forests of eastern Australia and New Zealand. The small mauve- or lilac-coloured mushrooms are fairly common and appear in moss or leaf litter on the forest floor in autumn,...

  • Humidicutis lilacinoviridis
  • Humidicutis luteovirens
  • Humidicutis marginata
    Humidicutis marginata
    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 Hydrocybe marginata in 1916. It was transferred to the new genus Humidicutis by Rolf Singer in 1958,...

  • Humidicutis mavis
  • Humidicutis multicolor
  • Humidicutis peleae
  • Humidicutis poilena
  • Humidicutis pura
  • Humidicutis rosella
  • Humidicutis rosella
  • Humidicutis taekeri
  • Humidicutis woodii
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