taxonID	type	description	language	source
9FA0E98509D75882A9BD03D856FF0567.taxon	description	Figs 5, 6	en	Zeng, Long, Xu, Yi-Hua, Wan, Le-Le, Sun, Yi-Fei, Cui, Bao-Kai (2025): Taxonomy and phylogeny of the Pleurotus djamor complex with descriptions of a new species from China. MycoKeys 126: 119-133, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.126.162530
9FA0E98509D75882A9BD03D856FF0567.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Pleurotus djamor is characterized by a pileus that is clay-pink to salmon or white when young, becoming thicker and turning brown at maturity.	en	Zeng, Long, Xu, Yi-Hua, Wan, Le-Le, Sun, Yi-Fei, Cui, Bao-Kai (2025): Taxonomy and phylogeny of the Pleurotus djamor complex with descriptions of a new species from China. MycoKeys 126: 119-133, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.126.162530
9FA0E98509D75882A9BD03D856FF0567.taxon	description	Description. Pileus 20 – 70 × 20 – 100 mm, flabelliform, clay-buff to salmon (6 B / C 4 – 6 A 4) or white when young, brown at maturity; surface dry, glabrous; margin entire. Lamellae decurrent, margin entire, l – 7.5 mm in dry state, white when young becoming pinkish buff (5 A 3) when old. Stipe 5 – 10 mm long, 4 – 8 mm in diam., laterally stipitate or sessile. Context 1 – 3 mm thick when dry. Basidiospores (6.8 –) 7.0 – 9.5 (– 10.6) × (2.8 –) 3.1 – 4.2 (– 4.4) μm, L = 8.0 μm, W = 3.54 μm, Q = 2.24 – 2.28 (n = 60 / 2), cylindrical-oblong, hyaline, thin-walled, smooth, IKI –, CB –. Basidia 27.1 – 31.8 × 5.2 – 7.3 μm, clavate, 4 – spored, hyaline, thin-walled. Basidioles 23.1 – 27.7 × 5.8 – 6.6 μm, in shape similar to basidia. Cheilocystidia hyaline, thin-walled, clavate with mucronate, 27.9 – 32.3 × 6.3 – 7.9 μm. Pleurocystidia absent. Hymenophoral trama dimitic, with clamped generative hyphae 3.7 – 8.7 μm in diam, and skeletal hyphae 2.9 – 5.8 μm in diam. Pileus trama dimitic, with generative hyphae 4.0 – 8.5 μm in diam, and skeletal hyphae 3.1 – 5.2 μm in diam. Stem context dimitic, with generative hyphae 3.4 – 6.8 μm in diam, and skeletal hyphae 2.6 – 4.2 μm in diam.	en	Zeng, Long, Xu, Yi-Hua, Wan, Le-Le, Sun, Yi-Fei, Cui, Bao-Kai (2025): Taxonomy and phylogeny of the Pleurotus djamor complex with descriptions of a new species from China. MycoKeys 126: 119-133, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.126.162530
502D2EC4654B576EA0C47952CDDA9A94.taxon	description	Figs 3, 4	en	Zeng, Long, Xu, Yi-Hua, Wan, Le-Le, Sun, Yi-Fei, Cui, Bao-Kai (2025): Taxonomy and phylogeny of the Pleurotus djamor complex with descriptions of a new species from China. MycoKeys 126: 119-133, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.126.162530
502D2EC4654B576EA0C47952CDDA9A94.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Pleurotus sinensis is characterized by a pileus that is white to pinkish buff or flesh-pink pileus when young, turning yellow at maturity, flabelliform, spatulate, or petaloid in shape, with inflexed and occasionally wavy margins with age.	en	Zeng, Long, Xu, Yi-Hua, Wan, Le-Le, Sun, Yi-Fei, Cui, Bao-Kai (2025): Taxonomy and phylogeny of the Pleurotus djamor complex with descriptions of a new species from China. MycoKeys 126: 119-133, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.126.162530
502D2EC4654B576EA0C47952CDDA9A94.taxon	etymology	Etymology. “ sinensis ” (Lat.) refers to specimens derived from China.	en	Zeng, Long, Xu, Yi-Hua, Wan, Le-Le, Sun, Yi-Fei, Cui, Bao-Kai (2025): Taxonomy and phylogeny of the Pleurotus djamor complex with descriptions of a new species from China. MycoKeys 126: 119-133, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.126.162530
502D2EC4654B576EA0C47952CDDA9A94.taxon	description	Description. Pileus 30 – 70 × 35 – 90 mm, flabelliform, spatulate, or petaloid, white to pinkish buff (5 A 3) or flesh-pink (8 A 3 / 9 A 4) when young, becoming yellow at maturity; with inflexed and wavy margin with age; glabrous, smooth to touch; margin entire (Fig. 4). Lamellae decurrent, margin entire, l. 5 – 3 mm in dry state, white when young becoming pinkish buff (5 A 3) when old. Stipe 5 – 15 mm long × 5 – 10 mm diam, laterally stipitate or sessile. Context 1 – 1.5 mm thick when dry. Basidiospores (6.2 –) 6.8 – 9.8 (– 10.2) × (3.3 –) 3.5 – 5.5 (– 5.7) μm, L = 8.08 μm, W = 4.18 μm, Q = 1.78 – 2.11 (n = 60 / 2), cylindrical-oblong, hyaline, thin-walled, smooth, IKI –, CB –. Basidia 23.6 – 28.3 × 5.2 – 6.8 μm, clavate, 4 – spored, hyaline, thin-walled. Basidioles 15.8 – 24.2 × 4.9 – 5.2 μm, in shape similar to basidia. Cheilocystidia hyaline, thin-walled, clavate with mucronate, 22 – 41.7 × 2.6 – 3.4 μm. Pleurocystidia absent. Hymenophoral trama dimitic, with clamped generative hyphae 3.6 – 6.8 μm diam and skeletal hyphae 2.5 – 4.9 μm diam. Pileus trama dimitic, with generative hyphae 3.4 – 7.7 μm diam and skeletal hyphae 2.5 – 4.8 μm diam. Stem context also dimitic, with generative hyphae 4.5 – 6.8 μm diam and skeletal 2.6 – 5.2 μm diam.	en	Zeng, Long, Xu, Yi-Hua, Wan, Le-Le, Sun, Yi-Fei, Cui, Bao-Kai (2025): Taxonomy and phylogeny of the Pleurotus djamor complex with descriptions of a new species from China. MycoKeys 126: 119-133, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.126.162530
