Tylopilus, P. Karst, 1881

Lin, Zhi-Jun, Li, Hui-Bin, Liu, Xiao-Chun, Liang, Ying-Shan, Huang, Xiao-Xia & Qiu, Li-Hong, 2023, Tylopilus pallidocervicolor, a new species from Baiyun Mountain, Guangzhou, China, Phytotaxa 619 (2), pp. 137-151 : 145

Key to species of genus Tylopilus recorded in China with reticulate stipe

1. Surface of stipe without or rarely with reticulum...............................................................................................................................2

1. Surface of stipe with distinct reticulum..............................................................................................................................................3

2. Pileipellis a trichoderm, with cylindrical to subcylindrical, sometimes subfusoid terminal cells; pileus brownish-grey, dull red, reddish-grey to purplish-grey or greyish-magenta when young; pores greyish-yellow when young, pinkish white with age, turning greyish-brown when bruised ....................................................................................................................................... T. himalayanus

2. Pileipellis an ixotrichoderm, with subcylindrical terminal cells; pileus brownish to drab, always with purple tinge when young; pores purple to purplish pink when young, and then pink to pinkish with age, without discoloration when bruised ..... T. neofelleus

3. Stipe entirely reticulates ............................................................................................................................................ T. pseudoalpinus

3. Upper portion of stipe distinctly reticulates .......................................................................................................................................4

4. Pileipellis a trichoderm or intricate trichoderm..................................................................................................................................5

4. Pileipellis a palisadoderm...................................................................................................................................................................9

5. Pileipellis an intricate trichoderm, with subclavate to cylindrical terminal cells.................................................................. T. felleus

5. Pileipellis a trichoderm, with cylindrical to clavate terminal cells ....................................................................................................6

6. Stipe context without discoloration when bruised; pileus orange-brown to black at maturity .............................. T. vinosobrunneus

6. Stipe context with discoloration when bruised; pileus olive-brown to brown at maturity.................................................................7

7. Pleurocystidia much bigger than cheilocystidia ................................................................................................................... T. alpinus

7. Pleurocystidia is similar with cheilocystidia in sizes .........................................................................................................................8

8. Stipe whitish to grayish when young, brown to dark brown when injured or at mature.......................................... T. brunneirubens

8. Stipe brown to brownish orange when young, brownish to brownish yellow or pale brownish yellow at maturity. T. rufobrunneus

9. Pileus reddish brown to dark brown when young, tannish brown to light brown at maturity; stipe surface and context with discoloration when bruised................................................................................................................................... T. pallidocervicolor

9. Pileus brownish violet or reddish brown to light brown, always with magenta tinge; stipe surface and context without discoloration when bruised........................................................................................................................................................ T. violaceobrunneus