Roridomyces roridus (Fr.) Rexer
Die Gattung Mycena s.l.: 132. 1994.

Common Name: none

Synonym: Mycena rorida (Fr.) Quél.

• Description

  For description see Smith & Perry.

• Habitat

  Solitary to gregarious on twigs, branches and woody debris; fairly common throughout the wet season.

• Edibility

  Unknown.

• Comments

  Roridomyces roridus can be distinguished by it small size, greyish-white to beige-white crenulate cap and a stipe covered with a thick gel-like viscidity, often thicker at base.

  Unplublished data from the Perry Lab indicates that this species belongs back in Mycena.

• References

  Aronsen, A. & Læssøe, T. (2016). The Genus Mycena s.l. Danish Mycological Society: Copenhagen, Denmark. 373 p.
  Arora, D. (1986). Mushrooms Demystified. Ten Speed Press: Berkeley, CA. 959 p.
  Breitenbach, J. & Kränzlin, F. (1991). Fungi of Switzerland. Volume 3: Boletes and Agarics (1st Part). Strobilomycetaceae, Boletaceae, Paxillaceae, Gomphidiaceae, Hygrophoraceae, Tricholomataceae, Polyporaceae (lamellate). Verlag Mykologia: Luzern, Switzerland. 361 p.
  Hesler, L.R. (2013) Mycean Notebook 1. L. R. Hesler’s Mushroom Notebooks. (PDF)
  Knudsen, H. & Vesterholt, J. ed. (2008). Funga Nordica: Agaricoid, boletoid and cyphelloid genera. Nordsvamp: Copenhagen, Denmark. 965 p.
  Knudsen, H. & Vesterholt, J. ed. (2012). Funga Nordica: Agaricoid, boletoid, clavarioid, cyphelloid and gastroid genera. Vol. 1. Nordsvamp: Copenhagen, Denmark. 511 p.
  Perry, B.A. (2002). A Taxonomic Investigation of Mycena in California. Masters Thesis. San Francisco State University: San Francisco, CA. 157 p. (PDF)
  Rexer, K.-H. (1994). Die Gattung Mycena s.l., Studien zu Ihrer Anatomie, Morphologie und Systematik. Ph.D. Thesis. Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen: Tübingen, Germany. 305 p.
  Robich, G. (2003). Mycena D'Europa. Associazione Micologica Bresadola: Trento, Italy. 728 p.
  Siegel, N. & Schwarz, C. (2016). Mushrooms of the Redwood Coast. Ten Speed Press: Berkeley, CA. 601 p.
  Smith, A.H. (1947). North American Species of Mycena. University of Michigan Press: Ann Arbor, MI. 521 p. (PDF)
  Weightman, J. (2006). Small Mycenas et al.: Spare them a second glance. Field Mycology 7(1): 16-21.
  

• Other Descriptions and Photos
  Main Photo
  • Michael Wood: Roridomyces roridus (CP)
  • Noah Siegel: Roridomyces roridus (CP)
  • Noah Siegel: Roridomyces roridus (CP)
  • Alan Rockefeller: Roridomyces roridus (CP)
  • Alan Rockefeller: Roridomyces roridus (CP)
  • Sava Krstic: Roridomyces roridus (CP)
  • Sava Krstic: Roridomyces roridus (CP)
  • Mushroom Observer: Roridomyces roridus (CP)
  • Wikipedia: Roridomyces roridus (D & CP)
  • Mycenas of Northern Europe: Roridomyces roridus (D & CP)
  • Harley Barnhart: Roridomyces roridus (CP)
  • Arora (1986): p. 237 (D) [as Mycena rorida]
  • Jordan: p. 179 (D & CP) [as Mycena rorida]
  • Miller & Miller: p. 167 (D & CP) [as Mycena rorida]
  • Phillips: p. p. 83 (D & CP) [as Mycena rorida]
  
  

  (D=Description; I=Illustration; P=Photo; CP=Color Photo)