Roridomyces viridiluminus Karun., Dauner & Mortimer, 2021

Dauner, Lucas A. P., Karunarathna, Samantha C., Tibpromma, Saowaluck, Xu, Jianchu & Mortimer, Peter E., 2021, Bioluminescent fungus Roridomyces viridiluminus sp. nov. and the first Chinese record of the genus Roridomyces, from Southwestern China, Phytotaxa 487 (3), pp. 233-250 : 238

Roridomyces viridiluminus Karun., Dauner & Mortimer , sp. nov. Figs 1 , 2

Index Fungorum number: IF558046

Figures

FIGURE 1. Roridomyces viridiluminus (HKAS109712, isotype). a–f Side-by-side photographs of fruiting bodies and mycelium in light and darkness, displaying bright green luminescent properties. Scale bars: 4 mm (a–b); 2 mm (c–f). Photographs were taken with Nikon D5100, 35mm, f/1.8, ISO 4000, 2-minute exposure.

FIGURE 2. Roridomyces viridiluminus (HKAS109712, holotype). a fruiting bodies on substrate in the field. b–c Cheilocystidia. d–f Basidia. g Stipitipellis cells. h Pileipellis cells. i Mature basidiospores. j Young basidiospores with sterigmata. k–l Basidiospores. Scale Bars: 10 µm (b–c); 5 µm (d–f); 40 µm (g–h); 1 µm (i–l).