Fuscoporia, Murrill, 1907

Chen, Qian, Luo, Hua-Dong, Cheng, Na & Zhang, De-Shun, 2023, Morphological and molecular evidence for a new species of Fuscoporia (Hymenochaetales, Basidiomycota) from tropics, Phytotaxa 619 (3), pp. 219-231 : 228

A key to African species of Fuscoporia .

1. Hymenial setae absent ........................................................................................................................................................................2

- Hymenial setae present.......................................................................................................................................................................3

2. Pores 6–8 per mm............................................................................................................ F. discipes (Berk.) Y.C. Dai & Ghob. -Nejh.

- Pores 4–5 per mm....................................................................................................................... F. amanii (Niemelä) Y.C. Dai & Wu

3. Mycelial setae present ........................................................................................................................................................................4

- Mycelial setae abesent........................................................................................................................................................................5

4. Pores 6–8 per mm.......................................................................................................................................................... F. ferruginosa

- Pores 2–3 per mm.................................................................................................................................... F. contigua (Pers.) G. Cunn.

5. Basidiocarps resupinate......................................................................................................................................................................6

- Basidiocarps effused-reflexed to pileate.............................................................................................................................................7

6. Pores 5–7 per mm, spores cylindric, 6–7.8 × 2–2.5 μm.............................................................................. F. ferrea (Pers.) G. Cunn.

- Pores 1−3 per mm, spores ellipsoid, 4–5 × 3–3.5 μm ........................................................ F. irregularis (Ryvarden) Y.C. Dai & Wu

7. Hymenial setae hooked, spores subglobose ...................................................................... F. wahlbergii (Fr.) T. Wagner & M. Fisch.

- Hymenial setae straight, spores oblong-ellipsoid to broadly ellipsoid...............................................................................................8

8. Pileal surface not sulcate .......................................................................................................................................................... F. gilva

- Pileal surface concentrically sulcate...................................................................................................................................................9

9. Pores> 9 per mm..............................................................................................................................................................................10

- Pores 6−8 per mm.............................................................................................................................................................................11

10. Spores oblong-ellipsoid to almost subcylindrica, 2.4–3 μm wide................................................................................ F. callimorpha

- Spores broadly ellipsoid, 3–3.5 μm wide ........................................................................................................................... F. kenyana

11. Basidiocarps subungulate, pileal surface grayish brown.................................................................................................... F. torulosa

- Basidiocarps usually applanate, pileal surface fuscous to black ............................................................................................. F. senex