The genus Rhodocybe

Rhodocybe is a small genus in the Entolomataceae, characterized by spores which are more or less nodulose to weakly angular in microscopic slides, and pink to pinkish brown in deposit. In Europe about 20 species occur, some of them very rare. In recent times a number of new species have been described, particularly from southern Europe.

Sect. Rhodocybe
Hymenium with pseudocystidia filled with refringent, yellow granules. Example: R. caelata

(photo Meusers)

Sect. Rhodophana
Fruitbodies mycenoid or collybioid, usually with rather vivid colours; clamp-connections present; hymenial cystidia absent.
Species: R. nitellina, R. melleopallens, R. cuprea

R. nitellina(photo Meusers)

Section Rufobrunneua
Pileus pinkish brown, ochre or red-brown; lamellae adnate or decurrent; pseudocystidia absent; clamp-connections absent. Example: R. gemina (photo Meusers)