TABLE 2 in Elaphomyces readii (Elaphomycetaceae, Eurotiomycetes), a new medicinal species of hypogeous fungus with biocultural importance from Mexico

TABLE 2 Comparative morphology of diagnostic characteristics of related species to Elaphomyces readii within Elaphomyces sect. Elaphomyces according to Paz et al. 20171 and Molia et al. 20202
SpeciesE. readiiE. asperulus 1E. pusilus 2E. roseoviolaceus 2Ascospores (µm)20–5722–3020–3326–34Asci (µm)45–62 × 38–4232–38 × 35–42not measurednot measuredDistributionNorth AmericaEuropeNorth EuropeNorth EuropeAscoma size (mm)20–4520-404–1813–25Gleba colorwhitish, purple, then dark purplepurple, then black purpleGreyish black, then violaceous to brownish blackblack to violaceousPlant hostsPinusCorylus, Castanea, Picea, Quercus, PinusPiceaPicea and Pinus