TABLE 2. A in Panellus microspermus sp. nov. (Agaricales, Basidiomycota) evidenced by the morphological characters and molecular phylogeny

TABLE 2. A comparison of the characteristics of several species of Panellus with micro-basidiospores.
SpeciesP. dichotomusP. microsporusP. microspermusP. pusillusP. stipticusBasidiomata size (mm) up to 21× 32up to 45–15 × 3–95–2012–32 × 12–15Colorcream-white then light fawn, fawn ochraceous, or subrufousfawn browngrayish to grayish brown when fresh and drynearly white to pale when fresh, reddish brown after several years in herbariumpale Ochraceous Buff to Light Ochraceous BuffPore/ lamellaelamellaeporelamellaeporelamellaeStipe(mm)1–3 × 2–51–1.5 × 1 mm0.5–2 × 1–3present6–12 × 3–8Basidiospores (μm)2.7–3 × 1.7–23–4 × 0.82.5–3.2 × 1.5–24–5.5 × 2–33.5–4.5 × 1.2–2.2Basidia (μm)14–17 × 3.5–4.512–15 × 3.5–418–22 × 4–512–20 × 4–515–20 × 2.5–3.5Cystidia (μm)cheilocystidia present; Pleurocystidia absentcheilocystidia present; Pleurocystidia absentcheilocystidia present; Pleurocystidia presentcheilocystidia present; Pleurocystidia absent or presentcheilocystidia present; Pleurocystidia presentTramal hyphae (μm)–2–62–33–7(–10)2.5–8(–10)ReferenceCorner 1986Corner 1986this studyBurdsall & Miller 1975 Burdsall & Miller 1975