| Roridomyces roridus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Mycenaceae |
| Genus: | Roridomyces |
| Species: | R. roridus |
| Binomial name | |
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Roridomyces roridus (Fr.) Rexer (1994) |
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| Synonyms | |
| Roridomyces roridus | |
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| Mycological characteristics | |
| gills on hymenium | |
| cap is conical | |
| hymenium is adnate | |
| stipe is bare | |
| spore print is white | |
| ecology is saprotrophic | |
| edibility: unknown | |
Roridomyces roridus, commonly known as the dripping bonnet or the slippery mycena, is a species of agaric fungus in the family Mycenaceae. It is whitish or dirty yellow in color, with a broad convex cap 5–15 mm (0.2–0.6 in) in diameter. The stipe is covered with a thick, slippery slime layer. This species can be bioluminescent, and is one of the several causative species of foxfire.