Phaeoclavulina species

Deng, Peng-Tao, Huang, Zhi-Hong, He, Zheng-Mi & Zhang, Ping, 2025, Phaeoclavulina aurantilaeta (Gomphaceae, Gomphales), a new species of vivid fruiting body from China, Phytotaxa 696 (4), pp. 266-275 : 273

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.696.4.1

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/771E87A3-FFB7-FFBC-1D9F-04FD76B5F87D

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Phaeoclavulina species
status

 

Key to known Phaeoclavulina species in China

1 Species pileate ....................................................................................................................................................................................2

1 Species coralloid or ramarioid............................................................................................................................................................3

2 Hymenium violet................................................................................................................................................................. P. grandis View in CoL

2 Pileus green ........................................................................................................................................................................... P. viridis View in CoL

3 Spore spines connected into circular to semi-circular ridges .............................................................................................. P. decolor View in CoL

3 Spore spines not connected into circular to semi-circular ridges.......................................................................................................4

4 Crystals present in trama or adhering to rhizomorphic hyphae..........................................................................................................5

4 Crystals absent in trama or adhering to rhizomorphic hyphae ...........................................................................................................6

5 Basidiomata bruising green ................................................................................................................................................ P. flaccida View in CoL

5 Basidiomata bruising red................................................................................................................................................. P. eumorpha View in CoL

6 Spores verrucose.................................................................................................................................................................................7

6 Spores echinulate................................................................................................................................................................................8

7 Basidiomata bruising olive or green on handling or weathering........................................................................................ P. abietina View in CoL

7 Basidiomata not bruising olive or green on handling or weathering.................................................................................. P. sikkimia View in CoL

8 Hyphae with H-connection.................................................................................................................................................. P. zippelii View in CoL

8 Hyphae without H-connection............................................................................................................................................................9

9 Branch tips discolorous with basidiomata........................................................................................................................................10

9 Branch tips concolorous with basidiomata.......................................................................................................................................11

10 Spores> 15 µm long .................................................................................................................................................... P. macrospora View in CoL

10 Spores <15 µm long ........................................................................................................................................................................12

11 Basidiomata bright-colored ..............................................................................................................................................................13

11 Basidiomata deep-colored ................................................................................................................................................................14

12 Branch tips yellowish white ................................................................................................................................................. P. bicolor

12 Branch tips, green or blue.................................................................................................................................................................15

13 Basidiomata orange or cinnamon .....................................................................................................................................................16

13 Basidiomata bright-yellow or lemon-yellow....................................................................................................................................17

14 Basidiomata> 11 cm tall................................................................................................................................................ P. campestris View in CoL

14 Basidiomata < 11 cm tall..................................................................................................................................................................18

15 Tips copper-green ............................................................................................................................................................ P. aeruginea View in CoL

15 Tips blue ...........................................................................................................................................................................................19

16 Spores acute spines................................................................................................................................................................ P. cokeri View in CoL

16 Spores volcanic spines......................................................................................................................................................................20

17 Tips blunt, broom-form or short-digitate....................................................................................................................... P. echinoflava

17 Tips acute, tapered.............................................................................................................................................................. P. jilinensi

18 Hymenium amphigenous................................................................................................................................................... P. capucina View in CoL

18 Hymenium unilateral........................................................................................................................................................................21

19 Spores <10 µm long ........................................................................................................................................................ P. mutabilis View in CoL

19 Spores> 10 µm long ................................................................................................................................................... P. cyanocephal

20 Spores <10 µm long ................................................................................................................................................... P. yunnanensis

20 Spores> 10 µm long ........................................................................................................................................................................22

21 Spores 4.5–6.5 µm long, basidia 25–36 µm long.................................................................................................................... P. curta View in CoL

21 Spores 7–11 µm long, basidia 40–50 µm long.............................................................................................................. P. longicaulis View in CoL

22 Basidiomata cinnamon to salmon orange.................................................................................................................... P. cinnamomea View in CoL

22 Basidiomata orange with pale red ............................................................................................................................... P. aurantilaeta

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