Licea (Wrigley de Basanta & Lado, 2005)

Basanta, Diana Wrigley De, Mier, Carlos De & Lado, Carlos, 2023, A taxonomic revision of the species of Licea subg. Licea (Myxomycetes), Phytotaxa 629 (2), pp. 95-128 : 123-124

Key to species in the subgenus Licea .

Species, critically studied within this publication, are marked in bold.

1. Sporophores stipitate ........................................................................................................................................................................ 2

1’. Sporophores sessile .......................................................................................................................................................................... 3

2. Peridium double. Spores globose, apparently smooth by TL .............................................................................................. L. alpina

2’. Peridium single. Spores angular, ornamented by TL ................................................................................................... L. eremophila

3. Spores in pairs or clusters ................................................................................................................................................................. 4

3’. Spores free ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 5

4. Spores grayish-olive to colourless by TL............................................................................................................. L. synchrysospora

4’. Spores yellow-brown by TL........................................................................................................................................... L. synsporos

4’’. Spores lilac-grey by TL............................................................................................................................................... L. confundens

5. Peridium single ................................................................................................................................................................................. 6

5’. Peridium double or triple ................................................................................................................................................................ 10

6. Peridium with multiple rows of fused outgrowths [pegs] on platelet edges ................................................................. L. deplanata

6’. Peridium with a single row of outgrowths on platelet margins or no outgrowths ............................................................................ 7

7. Peridium with a single row of outgrowths ...................................................................................................................... L. castanea

7’. Peridium without outgrowths ........................................................................................................................................................... 8

8. Spores 8–9 µm diam. ........................................................................................................................................................ L. hepatica

8’. Spores larger than 9 µm diam. .......................................................................................................................................................... 9

9. Sporocarps pale brown. Peridial platelets with smooth clear margins. Spores warted, 12–14 µm diam. .............. L. ampulliformis

9’. Sporocarps golden. Peridial platelets without smooth clear margins. Spores smooth, 14–15 µm diam. ............................. L. aurea

10. Peridium triple ........................................................................................................................................................ L. morchelloides

10’. Peridium double .............................................................................................................................................................................. 11

11. Peridium platelet margins without prominent outgrowths ............................................................................................................. 12

11’. Peridium with prominent warts or outgrowths at the margin of the platelets ................................................................................ 15

12. Peridium without lines of dehiscence ....................................................................................................................... L. castaneoides

12’. Peridium with lines of dehiscence, or dehiscence along ridges ......................................................................................................13

13. Spores angular to polygonal ........................................................................................................................................ Licea capacia [if stipitate with subglobose sporotheca see L. eremophila above]

13’ Spores subglobose or globose ......................................................................................................................................................... 14

14. Sporocarps dark brown. Spores light brown, warted by SEM .................................................................................. L. belmontiana

14’ Sporocarps ochraceous. Spores olivaceous, smooth even by SEM ............................................................................. L. nannengae

15. Sporocarps conical with a shiny basal ring ................................................................................................................. L. rufocuprea

15’. Sporocarps pulvinate, or subglobose, not conical .......................................................................................................................... 16

18. Spores in mass dark brown ............................................................................................................................................................. 19

18’. Spores in mass red, olive, yellow or almost colourless................................................................................................................... 20

19. Spores 15–18 µm diam ............................................................................................................................................... L. chelonoides

19’. Spores 11–13 µm diam ............................................................................................................................................... L.testudinacea

20. Spores pale red brown by TL............................................................................................................................................. L. minima

20’. Spores olive, greenish yellow or almost colourless by TL............................................................................................................. 21

21. Spores smooth, almost colourless by TL............................................................................................................................ L. mariae

21’. Spores warted or spiny, olive to yellow by TL............................................................................................................................... 22

22. Spores 16–20 µm diam, olive brown by TL....................................................................................................................... L. pusilla

22’. Spores <15 µm diam, greenish yellow by TL................................................................................................................. L. pygmaea