- Humidicutis
Taxobox | name = Humidicutis
regnum =Fungi
divisio =Basidiomycota
classis =Agaricomycetes
ordo =Agaricales
familia =Hygrophoraceae
genus = "Humidicutis"
genus_authority = Singer (1959)"Humidicutis" is a small genus of brightly coloured agarics, the majority of which are found in Eastern Australia. They were previously described as members of "
Hygrocybe ", such as the Mauve splitting wax-cap "Humidicutis lewelliniae " of eastern Australia and Malaysia.The generic name derives from the Latin "humidus" "moist" and "cutis" "skin", referring to their moist caps.
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