Mycena rorida
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| Mycena rorida | |
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| 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 | |
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 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..
See also
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.
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