Sulzbacheromyces

Coca, Luis Fernando, Gómez, Salomé Gómez, Guillermo, Jorge Guzmán, Trujillo, Edwin Trujillo, Clavijo, Laura, Zuluaga, Alejandro, Forno, Manuela Dal & Lumbsch, H. Thorsten, 2023, Sulzbacheromyces leucodontium (Basidiomycota, Lepidostromataceae), a new species of basidiolichen widely distributed in the Neotropics, Phytotaxa 597 (2), pp. 153-164 : 162

Key to the species of Sulzbacheromyces in the Neotropics

1a Thallus microsquamulose, with clearly distinguishable green squamules..................................................................... Lepidostroma

1b Thallus crustose, formed by clustered algal populations at the base [ Sulzbacheromyces ].................................................................2

2a Basidiomata consistently white .................................................................................................................................. S. leucodontium

2b Basidiomata flesh color, orange, yellow or reddish ...........................................................................................................................3

3a Basidiomata usually branched and frequently curly at the tip, orange or flesh color, found in tropical rain forests in Northwestern South America .................................................................................................................................................................. S. tutunendo

3b Basidiomata unbranched ....................................................................................................................................................................4

4a Basidiomata short (mostly up to 1 cm), reddish to yellowish, often with a white stipe or lighter at the base, found in tropical rain forests in Northwestern South America.......................................................................................................................... S. chocoensis

4b Basidiomata tall (up to 3.6 cm), yellow to orangish, sometimes widened at the tip, found in Northeastern Brazil........ S. caatingae