TABLE 1 in Thelephora pacifica (Basidiomycota: Thelephorales), a new species of the tropical forests in the Mexican Pacific coast

TABLE 1. Morphological comparision of Thelephora pacifica, T. ganbajun, T. pseduoganbajun and T. vialis reported by various authors.
SpeciesBasidiosporesBasidiaCystidiaBasidiomataHabitatThelephora pacifica sp. nov.Subglobose, tuberculate to nodular, (4.3–) 4.7–6.8 (–7.3) × (3.6–) 4.0–5.5 (–6.0) µm, excluding ornamentation of 0.3 a 0.5 µm19.5–30 × 4.7–6.3 µm, subcylindric, sinuoseNo observationsPetaloid to flabellate, slightly fibrillose to tomentose at base; grayish brown darkening to purplish brown toward base; hymenophore plicate, smooth to papillate, grayish brown with yellowish-brown to olive-yellow tones at margin on both sides of basidiomata. Sometimes may form a central stipe.Tropical subperennial forest with oaksThelephora ganbajun sensu Zang (1987)Angular, echuinulate, 7–12 × 6–8 µm25–35 × 9–12 µm, elongate, clavate52-80 × 7-14 µm, clavate or subventricosesWhitish-gray or blackish-gray surface of the pileus and grayish-white hymenophoreConifer forest (Pinus yunannensis or Pinus kesiyae)*Type description. See anotation in the textThelephora ganbajun sensu Li et al. (2020)4.5–5.5 × 4–5 µm including ornamentationNot mentionedNot mentionedPileus 7-9 × 8-10 cm, with serrated marginsConifer forest (Pinus yunannensis)Thelephora ganbajun sensu Yang et al. (2023)Subglobose, irregularly lobade, (5) 5.5–7 (7.5) × (4.5) 5–6 (6.7) µm, excluding ornamentation25–55 × 6–8 µm, subcylindric50–85 × 6–8 µmFlabellate, often imbricate, surface of pileus gray to dark brown, grayish yellow toward margin, hymenophore light gray to almost black toward base and whitish toward margin.Conifer forestThelephora pseudoganbajun Yang & Yuan (2023)Subglobose to irregularly lobade, tuberculate (5.1) 5.5–7(7.2) × (4= 4.3–5.5(6.1) µm excluding ornamentation45 –65 × 6–10 umAbsentPilleus more or less deeply lacerate, flabellate to spatulate, usually imbricate and rosette-shaped, margin thin and imperceptibly wavy. Hymenophore rugulose or longitudinally wrinkled, light brown to brown at base, margin white and inconspicuously tuberculate.Conifer and broad leaf forestsThelephora vialis sensu Burt (1914)Obtuse angular, 4.5–7 × 4.5–5 µmNot mentionedNot mentionedPetaloid, surface of pileus dirty whitish to brown in center, surface plicate or fibrillose, hymenophore rough somewhat papillate, pale yellow to pale brownNot mentionedThelephora vialis sensu Sánchez-Jácome and Guzmán-Dávalos (1997)Lobade, verrucose 5.6–7.2 × 4.8–6.4 µm, ornamentation down to 0.8 µmNot mentionedNot mentionedPetaloid to flabellate, surface of pileus velutinous to fibrillose-tomentose, some radially fibrillose-plicate, pale yellow with irregular dull green or gray areas. Hymenophore smooth to papillate, brown, brown-gray, light brown with whitish- orange or yellowish margin.Pine and broad leaf forestsThelephora vialis sensu Li et al. (2020)4.5–7 × 4.5–5 µmNot mentionedNot mentionedPileus radially pleated or rough petiole with agglutinated fibrils and grayish white or yellowish hymenophore.Not mentionedThelephora vialis sensu Liu et al. (2021)4.5–7 (8) × 4.5–6 (6.5) µm,26.4–64.0 × 5.6–10.4 µmNot mentionedNot mentionedPopulus spp, Salix spp. forest