Ceriporia, Donk, 1933

Soares, Adriene Mayra Da Silva, Sotão, Helen Maria Pontes, Ryvarden, Leif & Gibertoni, Tatiana Baptista, 2014, Ceriporia amazonica (Phanerochaetaceae, Basidiomycota), a new species from the Brazilian Amazonia, and C. albobrunnea, a new record to Brazil, Phytotaxa 175 (3), pp. 176-180 : 178-179

Key to Neotropical species of Ceriporia (colors refer to dried basidiomata) updated from Gomes-Silva et al. (2012)

and Ryvarden (2014)

1. Cystidia present in the hymenium ......................................................................................................................................................2

- Cystidia absent in the hymenium .......................................................................................................................................................4

2. Basidiomata deep reddish brown, basidiospores ellipsoid, cystidia smooth..................................... C. subspissa Aime & Ryvarden

- Basidiomata white to pale cream or black to dirty white, basidiospores globose to allantoid, cystidia with apical encrustation .....3

3. Basidiomata black to dirty white, basidiospores globose 5−6 μm .............................................................. C. merulioidea Ryvarden

- Basidiomata white to pale cream, basidiospores allantoid 4−4.5 × 1μm ..................................... C. cystidiata Ryvarden & Iturriaga

4. Basidiomata pinkish to dark purple, or cream, reddish cream, reddish orange to brownish red .......................................................5

- Basidiomata white to cream, ochre, pale lemon yellow, pale green, pale brown to cinnamon..........................................................8

5. Basidiomata cream to reddish cream or brownish red, pores 7 – 9 per mm ........................................................................... C. spissa

- Basidiomata pinkish buff to dark purple to reddish orange, pores 2 – 5 per mm.................................................................................6

6. Basidiomata pink, reddish orange to grayish white, basidiospores oblong to short cylindrical, 3.5–5 × 2–2.5 µm, clamp connections present..................................................................................................................................... C. excelsa (S. Lundell) Parmasto

- Basidiomata pinkish buff to dark brownish purple, basidiospores allantoid to oblong ellipsoid, clamp connections absent............7

7. Basidiomata pinkish buff to pinkish brown, basidiospores oblong to ellipsoid, 3.5–4.5 × 1.5–2.5 µm ......... C. tarda (Berk.) Ginns

- Basidiomata pinkish tan to dark brownish purple, basidiospores allantoid, 5−6 × 2−2.5 µm ....................... C. purpurea (Fr.) Donk

8. Basidiospores 7 – 9 μm long ................................................................................................................................................................9

- Basidiospores shorter than 7 μm ......................................................................................................................................................10

9. Basidiomata white, cream to orange, basidiospores allantoid, 6−10 × 2.5−3.5 μm........................ C. reticulata (Hoffm.) Domanski

- Basidiomata pale lemon yellow, basidiospores oblong ellipsoid to subcylindrical, 7−8 × 3.2−3.5 μm .............................................. ........................................................................................................................................................... C. citrina M. Mata & Ryvarden

10. Basidiospores allantoid to cylindrical ..............................................................................................................................................11

- Basidiospores subcylindrical, ellipsoid to subglobose .....................................................................................................................15

11. Basidiomata cinnamon to pale green, basidiospores allantoid, 4−6 ×1.5 µm ............................. C. viridans (Berk. &Broome) Donk

- Basidiomata white, cream to tan, whitish brown to yellowish, basidiospores allantoid, cylindrical to slightly oblong ellipsoid...12

12. Basidiomata cream to tan or whitish brown, basidiospores cylindrical to slightly oblong ellipsoid ...............................................13

- Pore surface cream to dark yellow or warm yellow, basidiospores cylindrical to allantoid ............................................................14

13. Pores angular 2−3 per mm, basidiospores cylindrical, 4−4.5 ×1.5 µm....................................................................... C. albobrunnea

- Pores round 3−5 per mm, basidiospores cylindrical to slightly oblong ellipsoid, 4 – 5 × 2 – 2.5 .... C. alachuana (Murril) Hallenberg

14. Pore surface warm yellow, basidiospores 4−5 × 2 µm.......................................................................................... C. aurea Ryvarden

- Pore surface cream to dark yellow, basidiospores 4.5−5 × 1.2−1.5 µm.................................................... C. retamoana Rajchenberg

15. Basidiospores subcylindrical to oblong ellipsoid.............................................................................................................................16

- Basidiospores subglobose, 4−5(6) × 3.5−4.5(5) µm ............................................................... C. xylostromatoides (Berk.) Ryvarden

16. Pore surface evenly brown when dry ...............................................................................................................................................17

- Pore surface white, cream to pale tan or buff when dry ...................................................................................................................18

17. Pores round, 6 – 8 per mm, basidiomata cinnamon when dry, cream to pale brown when fresh .......................................................... ................................................................................................................................................ C. ferrugineocincta (Murril) Ryvarden

- Pores angular, 1 – 3 per mm, basidiomata cinnamon to brownish, when dry, salmon when fresh .................................. C. amazonica

18. Pores 6 – 8 per mm, basidiospores 3 – 3.5 × 1.5 – 2 µm .......................................................................................................................19

- Pores 1−5 per mm, basidiospores longer than 4 µm ........................................................................................................................20

19. Basal hyphae strongly encrusted, basidiospores 3 – 3.5 × 1.8 – 2 µm................................................................................ C. incrustata

- Basal hyphae more or less smooth, basidiospores 3 – 3.5 × 1.5 – 2 µm........................................................................... C. microspora

20. Basidiospores 4–4.5×1.7–2.2 μm, hyphae encrusted in the margin, pores 2–3 per mm ...................................................................... ............................................................................................................................... C. angulata Gomes-Silva, Ryvarden & Gibertoni

- Basidiospores 2.5–3 μm wide, non-encrusted hyphae, pores 1–3 per mm .....................................................................................21

21. Basidiospores 4.5−5.5 × 2.5−2.8 µm, pore surface straw-colored, pores angular to irregular, 1–3 per mm, up to 3 mm deep .......... ......................................................................................................................................................................... C. straminea Ryvarden

- Basidiospores 5−6 × 2.6–3 μm, pore surface cream-colored, pores angular to hexagonal, 1–2 per mm, up to 0.5 mm deep,............ ......................................................................................................................................................................... C. dentipora Ryvarden