Table 2. Morphological comparison between Punctochaete J. H. Dong & C. L in Punctochaete murina gen. et sp. nov. (Agaricomycetes, Basidiomycota) from southwestern China

Table 2. Morphological comparison between Punctochaete J.H.Dong & C.L.Zhao gen. nov. and related corticioid genera in Auriculariales Bromhead.
Genus nameBasidiomataHymenial surfaceHyphal systemBasidiosporesCystidiaHyphidiaReferencesAdustochaeteAnnual, small-sized, orbicular, waxySpiny or tuberculate, grayish to brownishMonomiticCylindrical to broadly cylindrical, straight or curvedClavate to fusiform, thinwalledVariably branchedAlvarenga et al. 2019AlloexidiopsisAnnual, effused, leatherySmooth or with sterile spines, more or less grayishMonomiticCylindrical to broadly cylindrical, slightly curvedCylindrical to clavate, thinwalledNodulose or richly branchedLiu et al. 2022AmphistereumAnnual or perennial, cupulate-orbicular, hard leatherySmooth, paleDimiticCylindrical to broadly cylindrical, slightly curvedRare, narrowly clavate, thinwalledRichly branchedMalysheva & Spirin 2017CrystallodonAnnual, effused, gelatinous to crustaceousCovered by sharp-pointed sterile spines, brownishMonomiticCylindrical to broadly cylindrical, slightly curvedFusiform to cylindrical, often sinuous, thin-walledBranchedAlvarenga & Gibertoni 2021HeteroradulumAnnual or perennial, effused-reflexed, leatherySmooth, with sterile spines, pinkish or reddishMono- or dimiticCylindrical to broadly cylindrical, sometimes curvedClavate to fusiform, thin- to thick-walledRichly branchedMalysheva & Spirin 2017MetulochaeteEffused, gelatinous to waxy-aridSmooth or covered by sterile spines, paleMonomiticAllantoid, straight to slightly curvedMetuloid, covering hymenial spines, thick-walledRichly branchedAlvarenga et al. 2019ProterochaeteAnnual, orbicular, aridSmooth or irregularly spiny, creamy to grayish or pale ochraceousMonomiticCylindrical to broadly cylindrical, slightly curvedOccasional, sinuous, accidentally dichotomously branched, thin-walledRichly or sparsely branchedAlvarenga et al. 2019PunctochaeteResupinate, closely adnate, membranaceousSmooth, punctate, greyish whiteMonomiticCylindrical to allantoid, slightly curvedSubcylindrical to subclavate, thin-walledNodulose or richly branchedPresent studySclerotremaPerennial, orbicular, leatherySmooth or irregularly spiny, creamy to grayish or pale ochraceousMonomiticAllantoid, distinctly curvedHyphoid to fusiform, thick-walledRichly branchedMalysheva & Spirin 2017