Table 1 Comparisons of M. albopilosa with similar species
From: Small agarics in Taiwan: Mycena albopilosa sp. nov. and Gloiocephala epiphylla
Taxa | Basidiospores | Basidiospores per basidium | Cheilocystidia | Caulocystidia | Basal disc or bulb | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M. albopilosa | Ellipsoid to ovoid, 5.5–7 × 4–4.7 μm, inamyloid | 4 | Absent | Smooth | Present | See the current study |
M. adscendens var. adscendens | Ellipsoid, 8.3–10.2 × 5–6 μm, amyloid | 2 (or 4) | Spinulose and rostrate | Smooth | Present | See Desjardin (1995) |
M. adscendens var. carpophila | Ellipsoid, 8.3–10.2 × 4–4.5 μm, amyloid | 4 | Spinulose and rostrate | Smooth | Present | See Desjardin (1995); fruiting only on pericarps of Fagus |
M. alphitophora var. alphitophora | Ellipsoid, 7.5–10 × 4.5–5.5 μm | 4 | Slightly spinulose, clamped | Spinulose | Absent | See Desjardin (1995); growing on fern debris |
M. alphitophora var. globispora | Pyriform, subglobose or globose, 7–9 × 6–8 μm | 4 | Verrucose on upper half | Spinulose | Absent | See Manimohan & Leelavathy (1989) |
M. alphitophora var. distinda | Pyriform, subglobose or globose, 6–8 × 3–4 μm | Mainly 2 | Verrucose | Spinulose | Absent | See Manimohan and Leelavathy (1989); acanthocysts spinulose and rostrate |
M. cryptomeriicola | Ellipsoid, 7–9 × 4–5 μm, inamyloid | 4 | Ventricose with 1–2 rostrae on top | Smooth | Present | See Desjardin (1995); hyphae unclamped; fruiting on coniferous leaves |
M. taiwanensis | Broadly ellipsoid to pyriform, 7–9 × 4.5–6 μm | 4 | Verrucose | Smooth | Present | See Rexer (1994). Pileus color brownish |