Roridomyces

Roridomyces
Roridomyces austrororidus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Mycenaceae
Genus: Roridomyces
Rexer (1994)
Type species
Roridomyces roridus
(Fr.) Rexer (1994)
Species

R. appendiculatus
R. austrororidus
R. irritans
R. lamprosporus
R. mauritianus
R. palmensis
R. praeclarus
R. roridus
R. subglobosus

Roridomyces is a genus of fungi in the family Mycenaceae. The genus, widely distributed in temperate areas,[1] was circumscribed by Karl-Heinz Rexer in his 1994 doctoral thesis. Species in the genus were formerly placed in Mycena section Roridae. They are characterized by having a slimy, glutinous stipe in moist conditions.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA. (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford: CAB International. p. 606. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
  2. ↑ 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.

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