Roridomyces roridus (Fr.) Rexer is a fungus in the Mycenaceae family, order Agaricales, kingdom Fungi. Not known to be toxic.

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Roridomyces roridus (Fr.) Rexer

Roridomyces roridus (Fr.) Rexer

Roridomyces roridus, the dripping bonnet, is a small bioluminescent agaric fungus with a slippery slime-covered stipe.

Family
Genus
Roridomyces
Order
Agaricales
Class
Agaricomycetes

About Roridomyces roridus (Fr.) Rexer

Roridomyces roridus, commonly called the dripping bonnet or the slippery mycena, is an agaric fungus species belonging to the family Mycenaceae. Its mushroom cap is tannish in color, fading to whitish or dirty yellow, with a broadly convex shape and a diameter ranging from 5–15 mm (0.2–0.6 in). Its whitish stipe is covered in a thick, slippery slime layer. This species can be bioluminescent, and it is one of several species that cause foxfire. It looks similar to some other members of its genus. It has no known culinary value because of its small size and slipperiness.

Photo: (c) Marco Floriani, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Marco Floriani · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Fungi Basidiomycota Agaricomycetes Agaricales Mycenaceae Roridomyces

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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