Limacella
Dripped mucus Schirmling ( Limacella guttata)
The mucus screen Linge ( Limacella ) is a fungal genus in the family Wulstlingsverwandten.
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Features
Macroscopic characteristics
The mucus screen Linge structured form fruiting bodies, the same in the external form small screen Lingen in pileus and stipe. They have a universal veil, in some species partiale a velum. The universal veil mucus in ripening the fruit body, making the hat skin and partly also the stem become sticky to slimy. The velum can partiale as skinned, hanging ring, slimy ring zone or like a veil remain on the stem. A volva is absent in general, but may be rudimentary in young fruit bodies. The gills are white and free. The spore powder is white.
Microscopic characteristics
The hyphae have buckles. The spores are hyaline, smooth or ornamented inamyloid and with small warts.
Ecology
The mucus shield pieces are Saprobionten, which rarely grow on earth, leaves and pine needles on wood.
Species
The genus includes about 20 species, of which 10 taxa occur in Europe and expect to worldwide.
System
The genus is placed by some authors to the roof mushroom relatives.
Importance
Some species of slime shield pieces are edible, but to spare because of the small fruiting bodies not very productive or because of their rarity.