Hygrocybe astatogala
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| Hygrocybe astatogala | |
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| Ferndale Park, Australia | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Hygrophoraceae |
| Genus: | Hygrocybe |
| Species: | H. astatogala |
| Binomial name | |
| Hygrocybe astatogala | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Bertrandia astatogala R.Heim (1936) | |
Hygrocybe astatogala is a mushroom of the waxcap genus Hygrocybe. It is found in Madagascar (Type locality),[2] Australia,[3] Central Africa, the Philippines and New Zealand,[4] it was first described scientifically as Bertrandia astatogala by French mycologist Roger Heim in 1936. Paul Heinemann transferred it to Hygrocybe in 1963.[1]