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 (Peck) Singer
Synonyms
Hygrophorus marginatus Peck Hygrocybe marginata (Peck) Murrill Tricholoma marginatum (Peck) Singer

Humidicutis marginata Mycological characteristics
	Gills on hymenium
	Cap is umbonate
	Hymenium is adnexed
	Stipe is bare
	Spore print is white
	Ecology is saprotrophic
	Edibility is edible

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]

Description

The orangish cap is up to 4 centimetres (1+1⁄2 in) wide and the yellowish stipe 9 cm (3+1⁄2 in) long. The spore print is white.^[5]

Distribution and habitat

It is found in North America under trees.^[5]

Edibility

It is considered edible with a pleasant taste, but one guide says it is "not worthwhile".^[6]