Roridomyces

Roridomyces
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)
Species
R. appendiculatus R. austrororidus R. irritans R. lamprosporus R. mauritianus R. palmensis R. phyllostachydis 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]

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

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.
3. 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.