Humidicutis marginata

Humidicutis marginata is a gilled fungus of the waxcap family.

Humidicutis marginata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Basidiomycota
Class:
Agaricomycetes
Order:
Agaricales
Family:
Hygrophoraceae
Genus:
Humidicutis
Species:
H. marginata
Binomial name
Humidicutis marginata
Synonyms
  • Hygrophorus marginatus Peck
  • Hygrocybe marginata (Peck) Murrill
  • Tricholoma marginatum (Peck) Singer
Humidicutis marginata
float
Mycological characteristics
gills on hymenium
cap is umbonate
hymenium is adnexed
stipe is bare
spore print is white
ecology is saprotrophic
edibility: edible but not recommended

Taxonomy

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]

Edibility

It is considered edible with a pleasant taste, but one guide says it is "not worthwhile".[5]

References
  1. Peck CH. (1876). "Report of the Botanist (1874)". Annual Report on the New York State Museum of Natural History. 28: 31–88.
  2. Murrill WA. (1916). "Agaricaceae tribe Agariceae". North American Flora. 9 (6): 375–421.
  3. Singer R. (1958). "Fungi Mexicani, series secunda - Agaricales". Sydowia. 12: 221–34.
  4. Singer R. (1943). "Type studies on Basidiomycetes. II". Mycologia. 35 (2): 142–63. doi:10.2307/3754706. JSTOR 3754706.
  5. Phillips, Roger (2010) [2005]. Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America. Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books. p. 74. ISBN 978-1-55407-651-2.
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