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]
Roridomyces | |
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Roridomyces austrororidus | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Agaricales |
Family: | Mycenaceae |
Genus: | Roridomyces Rexer (1994) |
Type species | |
Roridomyces roridus (Fr.) Rexer (1994)
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Species | |
R. appendiculatus |
In 2020, a new bioluminescent species, R. phyllostachydis, was discovered in India. This is the first species of the genus to be found in India.[3]
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Karunarathna, Samantha C.; Mortimer, Peter E.; Tibpromma, Saowaluck; Dutta, Arun Kumar; Paloi, Soumitra; Hu, Yuwei; Baurah, Gautam; Axford, Stephen; Marciniak, Catherine; Luangharn, Thatsanee; Madawala, Sumedha (2020-09-11). "Roridomyces phyllostachydis (Agaricales, Mycenaceae), a new bioluminescent fungus from Northeast India". Phytotaxa. 459 (2): 155–167. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.459.2.6. ISSN 1179-3163. S2CID 225193129.