Laternea dringii A. López, D. Martínez & J. García.

de la Fuente, Javier Isaac, García-Jiménez, Jesús, López, Caribell Yuridia, Oros-Ortega, Iván, Vela-Hernández, Reyna Yazuly, Guevara-Guerrero, Gonzalo, Garza Ocañas, Fortunato, Chay Casanova, Jesús Antonio, Ibarra Garibay, León Esteban & Bandala, Victor Manuel, 2020, An annotated checklist of the macrofungi (Ascomycota, Basidiomycota, and Glomeromycota) from Quintana Roo, Mexico, Check List 16 (3), pp. 627-648 : 645

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.15560/16.3.627
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C71A5B-FFC3-D943-B3B1-A92BBE25F88C
treatment provided by	Marcus
scientific name	Laternea dringii A. López, D. Martínez & J. García.
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Laternea dringii A. López, D. Martínez & J. García. View in CoL

Material studied. MEXICO - Quintana Roo • R. Y. Vela 105 ( ITZM); San Pedro Peralta; 18°42′N, 088°49′W; alt. 175 m; 10 May 2018 GoogleMaps .

Habit and habitat. Solitary on humus in evergreen tropical forest.

Identification. This species can be distinguished by small basidiomata reaching 2 cm in length, composed of 3 or 4 yellowish to orange branches, the subtropical distribution, and the small bacillate basidiospores of 4–5 × 1–1.5 µm. Our material agrees with the description provided by López et al. (1981). Laternea pusilla Berk. & M.A. Curtis is a tropical to subtropical species, which differs by having a reddish basidiomata (Trierveiler- Pereira et al. 2019).