Family: Hygrophoraceae |
Fungi:> Basidiomycota:> Agaricomycetes:> Agaricales:> Tricholomataceae:> Camarophyllus, Gliophorus, Humidicutis, Hygrocybe, Hygrophorus. |
This is a large group of around 60 species in New Zealand, of which most are small to medium-sized and brightly coloured, saprophytic on leaf litter with white spores. Their common name of waxgill or waxcap is due to the wax like appearance of the gill surface. This family is divided into a number of different genus based on microscopic features. As usual, the moment you start looking closely at a family, it's not long before misidentified and unnamed species start turning up. Unfortunately, recent DNA sequencing has done little to sort these out, other than to confirm that there are misidentified and unnamed species present in New Zealand. |
Genus: Camarophyllus |
Genus: Cuphophyllus | ![]() |
Undescribed Cuphophyllus |
Genus: Gliophorus |
Undescribed Gliophorus Species |
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![]() Gliophorus species |
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Genus: Humidicutis |
Undescribed Humidicutis Species |
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Genus: Hygrocybe |
Undescribed: Hygrocybe |
![]() Hygrocybe species |
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![]() Hygrocybe species |
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Hygrocybe Section Firmae |
Blackening waxgills |
Genus: Hygrophorus | ![]() |
Genus: Neohygrocybe |
Genus: Porpolomopsis |
![]() Porpolomopsis lewelliniae |
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