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Hygrocybe mavis
small mushroom with an umbonate cap 4–5 centimetres in diameter, initially conical and later flattening to almost flat. It is smooth and ivory- to pure white in colour with a ivory umbo. The cap is textured with radial fibres, along which it may split, with the gills dividing between the split. The hollow white stipe is 5–6 cm high and 0.3–0.6 cm thick and may be swollen at the base. The white gills are adnexed or free, and thick or distant with even margins.
among leaf litter in wet sclerophyll forest 3
Spotted on Jan 30, 2015
Submitted on Feb 3, 2015
6 Comments
Hey Mark ......i have a beanie on today its FREEZING ! and the knitting is in the car for when i have to wait for the kids this afternoon ...scarves are needed...lololol ....poor Hygrocybe....to pretty to be a MAVIS ;P
Sorry Michel i would have no idea on current consensus was of the genus Hygrocybe...a topic for discussion with Genevieve perhaps :) I just photograph the beautiful fungi , and if i get an ID it's a bonus :)
'Mavis' !?! what sort of name is that! She'll break out the knitting and whip up a beanie next.
Taxonomy splits more than this hygro.
My bad, I meant Tasmania! It looks a bit purple on the photo, hence my question. If Genevieve ID'd it, I have faith that it is that species ;) I was just wondering what the current consensus was of the genus Hygrocybe, since it is undergoing huge taxonomic shifts due to molecular studies. It is now split into several new (and old) genera, like Cuphophyllus, Gliophorus, and in this case Humidicutis.
Sorry i know nothing about species in New Zealand , this was not mauve...completely white and positively ID from Genieve Gates author of our Tasmanian Field guide, via submitted photos :)
Looks very similar to a pale Humidicutis lewellinae. What are the main differences between the two species? I've read Humidicutis is the prefered genus name on Mushroom Observer, by the way, based on molecular studies. What is the consensus in NZ on this taxonomic classification?