Hygrocybe austropratensis

Hygrocybe austropratensis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Hygrophoraceae
Genus: Hygrocybe
Species:
H. austropratensis
Binomial name
Hygrocybe austropratensis
Hygrocybe austropratensis
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Gills on hymenium
Cap is convex
Hymenium is decurrent
Stipe is bare
Spore print is white
Ecology is saprotrophic
Edibility is unknown

Hygrocybe austropratensis is a gilled fungus of the waxcap family found in a few scattered locations in dry sclerophyll forests in eastern Australia. It is a small mushroom with a 1.4–3 cm diameter pale orange or orange-brown cap and buff-coloured stipe and gills. It is known only from near Sydney, Hazelbrook in the Blue Mountains, and Victoria.