Species

Hygrocybe singeri (Western witch’s hat)

Hygrocybe singeri. Photo: (c) noah_siegel, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)

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Hygrocybe singeri or witch’s hat is a species of Hygrocybe from Northwestern California. Hygrocybe singeri stains black when bruised.

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Fungi (Fungi including lichens)
  - Phylum: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycete fungi)
    - Subphylum: Agaricomycotina (Higher basidiomycetes)
      - Class: Agaricomycetes
        Subclass: Agaricomycetidae
        Order: Agaricales (Common gilled mushrooms and allies)
        Suborder: Hygrophorineae
        Family: Hygrophoraceae
        Subfamily: Hygrocyboideae
        Tribe: Hygrocybeae
        Genus: Hygrocybe (Waxcaps)
        Subgenus: Hygrocybe (Hygrocybe subg. hygrocybe)
        Section: Hygrocybe (Hygrocybe sect. hygrocybe)
        Subsection: Hygrocybe (Hygrocybe subsect. hygrocybe)
        Complex: Hygrocybe conica
        Species: Hygrocybe singeri (Western witch’s hat)

Sightings

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Discussion

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