Hygrocybe prieta

Hygrocybe prieta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Hygrophoraceae
Genus: Hygrocybe
Species: H. prieta
Binomial name
Hygrocybe prieta
Lodge & Pegler (1990)

Hygrocybe prieta is a mushroom of the waxcap genus Hygrocybe. Described as new to science in 1990, it is found in Puerto Rico, where it grows on clay banks under boulders and elevated tree roots.[1]

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References

  1. Lodge DJ, Pegler DN. (1990). "Hygrophoraceae of the Luquillo Mountains of Puerto Rico". Mycologia Research 94 (4): 443–56. doi:10.1016/S0953-7562(10)80002-4.

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