TABLE 2 in A novel exidioides fungi, Myxarium boreale (Auriculariales, Basidiomycota) discovered from Northern China

TABLE 2. Comparison of the hosts and morphological characteristics of several exidioides species of Myxarium.
SpeciesBasidiomata (mm)Mineral inclusionsBasidia (μm)Basidiospores (μm)HostReferencesM. borealecerebriform, 30present, abundant, visible under stereoscope4 (2)-celled, globose to subglobose, 10–11×9–10allantoid to narrow cylindrical, 11.5–13.2 × 3.4–4.4, Q=3.27–3.47on fallen branches of deciduous treesThis studyM. cinnamomescenspustulate, cerebriform or adpressed-orbicular, 8usually absent or, if present, very small, embedded in hymenial layer and thus seen only under lens4-celled, ellipsoid-ovoid to subglobose, 11.0–17.5 × 7–13cylindrical to broadly cylindrical, (9.3–) 10.2–14.0 (–14.5) × (4.0–) 4.1–5.7 (–5.8), Q=2.43–2.53on dead wood of Populus tremulaSpirin et al. 2018M. frumentaceumcerebriform, 20abundant, up to 0.3 mm in diam4 (2)-celled, (7.7–) 8.0–10.4 (–12.0) × (5.8–) 5.9–7.0 (–7.8)cylindrical, (6.0–) 6.3–10.1 (–10.2) × (3.1–)3.2–5.0 (–5.4), Q= 1.91–2.09on fallen hardwood branchesSpirin et al. 2019M. hyalinumadpressed-orbicular, cerebriform, 30appearing only in coalescent basidiocarps, abundant, up to 1 mm in diameter4-celled, ellipsoid-ovoid to subglobose, 11–18 × 9–12cylindrical to broadly cylindrical, (9.0–) 9.2–15.7 (–16.7) × (4.0–) 4.1–6.0 (–6.2), Q=2.38–2.45Acer spSpirin et al. 2018M. nucleatumadpressed-orbicular, 5always present, abundant, 0.4–0.8 mm in diameter4-celled, ellipsoid-ovoid to subglobose, 10.5–13 × 8–10.5cylindrical, (7.9–) 8.5–13.8 (–14.0) × (3.2–) 3.5–5.2 (–5.4), Q=2.38–2.70Tilia cordataSpirin et al. 2018M. populinumadpressed-orbicular, 15usually absent, if present, very small, embedded in hymenial layer and thus seen only under lens4-celled, ellipsoid-ovoid to subglobose, 10.5V13.0 × 9.0– 12.0cylindrical to narrowly cylindrical, (8.7-) 9.0–13.8 (–16.2) × (3.0-) 3.1–4.9 (–5.0), Q=2.72–2.95Populus tremulaSpirin et al. 2018M. rotundumadpressed-orbicular, 2absent4-celled, (8.8-) 9.4–11.3 (– 11.4) × (7.3–) 8.0–9.4 (–10.4)broadly cylindrical to cylindrical, (7.2–) 7.5–10.2 (–10.3) × (3.5–) 3.7–5.0 (–5.1), Q=2.12on fallen branch of deciduous treeSpirin et al. 2019