''Roridomyces'' is a
genus of
fungi in the family
Mycenaceae
The Mycenaceae are a family of fungi in the order Agaricales. According to the ''Dictionary of the Fungi'' (10th edition, 2008), the family contains 10 genera and 705 species. This is one of several families that were separated from the Tricholom ...
. The genus, widely distributed in
temperate areas,
was
circumscribed
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Not every polyg ...
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.
In 2020, a new
bioluminescent
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species, ''
R. phyllostachydis'', was discovered in
India. This is the first species of the genus to be found in India.
References
Mycenaceae
Agaricales genera
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