Roridomyces roridus
| Roridomyces roridus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Mycenaceae |
| Genus: | Roridomyces |
| Species: | R. roridus
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| Binomial name | |
| Roridomyces roridus | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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]
See also
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ "GSD Species Synonymy: Roridomyces roridus (Fr.) Rexer". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2014-02-22.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.