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Roridomyces roridus

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Roridomyces roridus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Mycenaceae
Genus: Roridomyces
Species:
R. roridus
Binomial name
Roridomyces roridus
(Fr.) Rexer (1994)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Agaricus roridus Scop. (1772)
  • Agaricus roridus Fr. (1815)
  • Mycena rorida (Fr.) Quél. (1872)
Roridomyces roridus
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Gills on hymenium
Cap is conical
Hymenium is adnate
Stipe is bare
Spore print is white
Ecology is saprotrophic
Edibility is unknown

Roridomyces roridus, commonly known as the dripping bonnet or the slippery mycena, is a species of agaric fungus in the family Mycenaceae.

The mushroom cap is tannish, fading to whitish or dirty yellow in color, broadly convex, and 5–15 mm (0.2–0.6 in) in diameter.[3] The whitish stipe is covered with a thick, slippery slime layer.[3] The species can be bioluminescent, and is one of the several causative species of foxfire.[4]

It resembles some other members of the genus.[3] It is of no known culinary value due to its small size and slippiriness.[3]

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References

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  1. ^ Rexer K-H. (1994). Die Gattung Mycena s.l., Studien zu Ihrer Anatomie, Morphologie und Systematik (Ph.D. thesis) (in German). Tübingen, Germany: Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen. p. 132.
  2. ^ "GSD Species Synonymy: Roridomyces roridus (Fr.) Rexer". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2014-02-22.
  3. ^ a b c d Arora, David (1986) [1979]. Mushrooms Demystified: A Comprehensive Guide to the Fleshy Fungi (2nd ed.). Berkeley, CA: Ten Speed Press. p. 237. ISBN 978-0-89815-170-1.
  4. ^ Desjardin DE, Oliveira AG, Stevani CV (2008). "Fungi bioluminescence revisited". Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences. 7 (2): 170–82. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.1033.2156. doi:10.1039/b713328f. PMID 18264584.