Hygrocybe austropratensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Agaricales |
Family: | Hygrophoraceae |
Genus: | Hygrocybe |
Species: | H. austropratensis
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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.