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Roridomyces roridus

Roridomyces roridus
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Mycenaceae
Genus: Roridomyces
Species: R. roridus
Binomial name
Roridomyces roridus
(Fr.) Rexer (1994)
Synonyms
  • Agaricus roridus Scop. (1772)
  • Agaricus roridus Fr. (1815)
  • Mycena rorida (Fr.) Quél. (1872)
Roridomyces roridus
Mycological characteristics
gills on hymenium
cap is conical
hymenium is adnate
stipe is bare
spore print is white
ecology is saprotrophic
edibility: unknown

Roridomyces roridus, commonly known as the dripping bonnet or the slippery mycena, is a species of agaric fungus in the family Mycenaceae. It is whitish or dirty yellow in color, with a broad convex cap 5–15 mm (0.2–0.6 in) in diameter. The stipe is covered with a thick, slippery slime layer. This species can be bioluminescent, and is one of the several causative species of foxfire.



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