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H. firma grows to a height of 50 mm with a 20mm wide cap which is a brilliant red in fresh specimens but fades to yellow with a faint orange tinge then discolouring further to a pale yellow colour. The spores are white. | H. firma grows to a height of 50 mm with a 20mm wide cap which is a brilliant red in fresh specimens but fades to yellow with a faint orange tinge then discolouring further to a pale yellow colour. The spores are white. | ||
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Latest revision as of 14:21, 24 September 2019
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Hygrophoraceae
Genus: Hygrocybe
Species: H. firma
Binomial name: Hygrocybe firma
Synonyms: Hygrophorus firmus, Hygrophorus pseudococcineus
Common name: none.
Hygrophorus firmus is species of waxgill mushrooms is indigenous, non-endemic which is also present in Tasmania, Australia. It is a saprobic fungus (derives its nourishment from decaying organic matter) growing in soil among litter under Dacrydium, Podocarpus, Nothofagus; Cyathea, etc. It appears March-September.
H. firma grows to a height of 50 mm with a 20mm wide cap which is a brilliant red in fresh specimens but fades to yellow with a faint orange tinge then discolouring further to a pale yellow colour. The spores are white.
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