- Mycena rorida
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Mycena rorida Mycena rorida Scientific classification Kingdom: Fungi Division: Basidiomycota Class: Basidiomycetes Order: Agaricales Family: Mycenaceae Genus: Mycena Species: M. rorida Binomial name Mycena rorida
(Scop.) Quél.Mycena rorida, commonly known as the dripping bonnet or the slippery mycena, is a species of mushroom. It is whitish or dirty yellow in color, with a broad convex cap 5-15mm in diameter. The stalk is covered with a thick, slippery slime layer. This species can be bioluminescent, and is one of the several causative species of foxfire.[1]
Mycena rorida Mycological characteristics gills on hymenium cap is conical hymenium is adnate stipe is bare spore print is white ecology is saprotrophic edibility: unknown The current, accepted name for this species is Roridomyces roridus.[1].
References
- ^ Desjardin DE, Oliveira AG, Stevani CV (Feb 2008). "Fungi bioluminescence revisited". Photochem Photobiol Sci. 7 (2): 170–82. doi:10.1039/b713328f. PMID 18264584.
External links
- “Roridomyces roridus” by Robert Sasata, Healing-Mushrooms.net, March, 2008.
Categories:- Mycena
- Fungi of Europe
- Fungus stubs
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