Humidicutis multicolor
(Berk. & Broome) E. Horak 1990
Description:
Although this species has been described several times over the years, There is still some confusion over what it looks like, it does live up to it’s name and goes through a range of colours as it ages.

Cap: 25 to 45 mm, hemispherical, convex or umbonate-expanded; dark green to green-olive when young turning blue-green or lilac-green with age; margin splitting in mature specimens, Gills: adnate to emarginate, subdecurrent with short tooth, ventricose, olive-green at first changing to yellow. Stipe: 25-75 x 2-5 mm, cylindrical, equal; pale green-blue-lilac at apex, brilliant orange towards the base; dry. Habitat: Scattered; saprobic on soil among litter in native forests.
Common name: None
Found:Lowland podocarp broad-leaved forest
Substrate: Ground
Spore: White
Height: 50- 80mm
Width: 25 - 40mm
Season: Late summer to winter
Edible: No
Macro images:
Humidicutis multicolor
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PDD 94771    Scale= 6 mm.
 
Humidicutis multicolor
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Scale= 6 mm.
 
Humidicutis multicolor
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Scale= 10 mm.
 
Humidicutis multicolor
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Scale= 6 mm.
 
Humidicutis multicolor
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Scale= 6 mm.
 
Humidicutis multicolor
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Scale= 6 mm.
 
Humidicutis multicolor
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PDD 117483    Scale= 6.3 mm.
 
Humidicutis multicolor
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Scale= 7 mm.
The gill colour is typical for this species, being yellow with a stipe that has an orange foot.
 
These below have yellow radial streaks in the cap which is not mentioned in any of the descriptions that I have seen.
Humidicutis multicolor
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PDD 102261    Scale= 9 mm.
 
Humidicutis multicolor
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Scale= 6.3 mm.
 
Humidicutis multicolor
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Scale= 8 mm.
 
Humidicutis multicolor
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Scale= 10 mm.
 
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