taxonID	type	description	language	source
BC3FAACEA9DB5FFF91343F7361C6EFDF.taxon	description	Fig. 3	en	Song, Wen-Long, Jiang, Zi-Qiong, Li, Min, Leontyev, Dmytro, Gao, Yang, Chen, Shuang-Lin (2025): Comprehensive revision of Lycogala (Myxomycetes) in subtropical China: morphological and phylogenetic insights and ten new species. IMA Fungus 16: e 147535, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.147535
BC3FAACEA9DB5FFF91343F7361C6EFDF.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Ukraine, Russia, Germany (Leontyev et al. 2023 b), Norway (Johannesen and Vetlesen 2024), and China (this study).	en	Song, Wen-Long, Jiang, Zi-Qiong, Li, Min, Leontyev, Dmytro, Gao, Yang, Chen, Shuang-Lin (2025): Comprehensive revision of Lycogala (Myxomycetes) in subtropical China: morphological and phylogenetic insights and ten new species. IMA Fungus 16: e 147535, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.147535
3A764E7E413E5C36949F5C3A8D27C8A1.taxon	description	Fig. 4	en	Song, Wen-Long, Jiang, Zi-Qiong, Li, Min, Leontyev, Dmytro, Gao, Yang, Chen, Shuang-Lin (2025): Comprehensive revision of Lycogala (Myxomycetes) in subtropical China: morphological and phylogenetic insights and ten new species. IMA Fungus 16: e 147535, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.147535
3A764E7E413E5C36949F5C3A8D27C8A1.taxon	etymology	Etymology. Annulus (Latin) ring, referring to the ring-shaped ornamentation of the capillitium.	en	Song, Wen-Long, Jiang, Zi-Qiong, Li, Min, Leontyev, Dmytro, Gao, Yang, Chen, Shuang-Lin (2025): Comprehensive revision of Lycogala (Myxomycetes) in subtropical China: morphological and phylogenetic insights and ten new species. IMA Fungus 16: e 147535, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.147535
3A764E7E413E5C36949F5C3A8D27C8A1.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Differs from L. exiguum by smaller vesicle diameter, and by capillitium tubules decorated by conspicuous visible.	en	Song, Wen-Long, Jiang, Zi-Qiong, Li, Min, Leontyev, Dmytro, Gao, Yang, Chen, Shuang-Lin (2025): Comprehensive revision of Lycogala (Myxomycetes) in subtropical China: morphological and phylogenetic insights and ten new species. IMA Fungus 16: e 147535, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.147535
3A764E7E413E5C36949F5C3A8D27C8A1.taxon	description	Description. Sporocarps scattered, spherical to short horizontally ovoid, sometimes deformed by mutual pressure, 1.6 – 3.7 mm in diameter. Peridium membranous, thin, yellowish brown with olivaceous tones or somewhat darker, with dense vesicles cover on the outer surface; the dehiscence area at the top of sporocarp conspicuous, free of vesicles, irregularly in shape. Inner surface of the peridium smooth or covered by scattered warts. Vesicles polygonal, irregularly ovoid, black under RL, dark brown under TL, (17 –) 18 – 23 (– 26) μm in diameter, clustered together forming large aggregates with 2 – 6 vesicles across the group. Vesicles walls smooth, single-layered. Oil droplets large or small, present in the central part of each vesicle. Capillitium tubular, hyaline under TL, with wavy contour and no bracelet-like thickening, (2.1 –) 3.2 – 5.3 (– 7.6) μm in diameter; the surface of the thread is densely covered by small warts and large rings, the latter visible both under TL and SEM. Spore mass in old collections yellow with ochraceous undertones or darker, hyaline under TL, (5.2 –) 5.5 – 5.8 (– 6.2) μm in diameter, reticulate, with 6 – 7 meshes across diameter, unornamented area occupies 1 / 4 of the spore surface. Plasmodium unknown.	en	Song, Wen-Long, Jiang, Zi-Qiong, Li, Min, Leontyev, Dmytro, Gao, Yang, Chen, Shuang-Lin (2025): Comprehensive revision of Lycogala (Myxomycetes) in subtropical China: morphological and phylogenetic insights and ten new species. IMA Fungus 16: e 147535, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.147535
3A764E7E413E5C36949F5C3A8D27C8A1.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Currently known only from China.	en	Song, Wen-Long, Jiang, Zi-Qiong, Li, Min, Leontyev, Dmytro, Gao, Yang, Chen, Shuang-Lin (2025): Comprehensive revision of Lycogala (Myxomycetes) in subtropical China: morphological and phylogenetic insights and ten new species. IMA Fungus 16: e 147535, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.147535
68AE25D156A25ABEB23E6B30037B9E3C.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Germany, Greece, United States (Leontyev et al. 2023 b), and China (this study).	en	Song, Wen-Long, Jiang, Zi-Qiong, Li, Min, Leontyev, Dmytro, Gao, Yang, Chen, Shuang-Lin (2025): Comprehensive revision of Lycogala (Myxomycetes) in subtropical China: morphological and phylogenetic insights and ten new species. IMA Fungus 16: e 147535, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.147535
FEA06B83C04652619089EC1AAD4ACC00.taxon	description	Fig. 5	en	Song, Wen-Long, Jiang, Zi-Qiong, Li, Min, Leontyev, Dmytro, Gao, Yang, Chen, Shuang-Lin (2025): Comprehensive revision of Lycogala (Myxomycetes) in subtropical China: morphological and phylogenetic insights and ten new species. IMA Fungus 16: e 147535, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.147535
FEA06B83C04652619089EC1AAD4ACC00.taxon	etymology	Etymology. Chinense (Latin) Chinese, referring to the geographic origin of collections.	en	Song, Wen-Long, Jiang, Zi-Qiong, Li, Min, Leontyev, Dmytro, Gao, Yang, Chen, Shuang-Lin (2025): Comprehensive revision of Lycogala (Myxomycetes) in subtropical China: morphological and phylogenetic insights and ten new species. IMA Fungus 16: e 147535, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.147535
FEA06B83C04652619089EC1AAD4ACC00.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Differs from L. confusum by dark, thick-walled peridial vesicles, nearly solitary or clustered in small rows and bunches, containing large oil droplets and occasional crystals.	en	Song, Wen-Long, Jiang, Zi-Qiong, Li, Min, Leontyev, Dmytro, Gao, Yang, Chen, Shuang-Lin (2025): Comprehensive revision of Lycogala (Myxomycetes) in subtropical China: morphological and phylogenetic insights and ten new species. IMA Fungus 16: e 147535, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.147535
FEA06B83C04652619089EC1AAD4ACC00.taxon	description	Description. Sporocarps scattered, spherical, short horizontally oval, or somewhat irregular, 1.0 – 3.5 mm in diameter. Peridium thin, membranous, light ochre to yellowish brown with olivaceous tones, densely covered with peridial vesicles. The inner surface of the peridium almost smooth, with scattered patches of wart, as seen in SEM. Peridial vesicles appear brown under RL, warm pale yellow to deep warm brown under TL, (45 –) 90 – 110 (– 165) μm in diameter, nearly solitary or clustered by 2 – 4, forming rows and bunch-like groups, somewhat deformed from mutual pressure. Crystals in vesicles occasionally present in the form of druses. Oil droplets present, large, often occupy half or more of the inner vesicle space. Capillitium with wavy and bracelet-like thickenings nearly invisible under TL, but more or less conspicuous under SEM, (5.0 –) 8.0 – 12 (– 22.1) μm in diameter, densely ornamented by pits and warts; capillitial free ends without conspicuous swellings. Spore mass in old collections yellow with ochraceous undertones or darker, hyaline under TL, (5.5 –) 6.5 – 7.0 μm in diameter, reticulate, with 4 – 5 meshes across diameter, unornamented area occupies 1 / 4 – 1 / 3 of the spore surface. Plasmodium unknown.	en	Song, Wen-Long, Jiang, Zi-Qiong, Li, Min, Leontyev, Dmytro, Gao, Yang, Chen, Shuang-Lin (2025): Comprehensive revision of Lycogala (Myxomycetes) in subtropical China: morphological and phylogenetic insights and ten new species. IMA Fungus 16: e 147535, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.147535
FEA06B83C04652619089EC1AAD4ACC00.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Currently known only from China.	en	Song, Wen-Long, Jiang, Zi-Qiong, Li, Min, Leontyev, Dmytro, Gao, Yang, Chen, Shuang-Lin (2025): Comprehensive revision of Lycogala (Myxomycetes) in subtropical China: morphological and phylogenetic insights and ten new species. IMA Fungus 16: e 147535, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.147535
8B2BC15711E45FB6B37B138D1A7618AC.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Widely distributed worldwide.	en	Song, Wen-Long, Jiang, Zi-Qiong, Li, Min, Leontyev, Dmytro, Gao, Yang, Chen, Shuang-Lin (2025): Comprehensive revision of Lycogala (Myxomycetes) in subtropical China: morphological and phylogenetic insights and ten new species. IMA Fungus 16: e 147535, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.147535
9D469C2E97E658E1AFD1F0C9AAD9EB9F.taxon	description	Fig. 6	en	Song, Wen-Long, Jiang, Zi-Qiong, Li, Min, Leontyev, Dmytro, Gao, Yang, Chen, Shuang-Lin (2025): Comprehensive revision of Lycogala (Myxomycetes) in subtropical China: morphological and phylogenetic insights and ten new species. IMA Fungus 16: e 147535, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.147535
9D469C2E97E658E1AFD1F0C9AAD9EB9F.taxon	etymology	Etymology. Convexum (Latin) convex, referring to the shape of peridial vesicles.	en	Song, Wen-Long, Jiang, Zi-Qiong, Li, Min, Leontyev, Dmytro, Gao, Yang, Chen, Shuang-Lin (2025): Comprehensive revision of Lycogala (Myxomycetes) in subtropical China: morphological and phylogenetic insights and ten new species. IMA Fungus 16: e 147535, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.147535
9D469C2E97E658E1AFD1F0C9AAD9EB9F.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Differs from L. maculatum by convex, reddish-brown vesicles and the absence of bracelet-like ornamentation of the capillitium.	en	Song, Wen-Long, Jiang, Zi-Qiong, Li, Min, Leontyev, Dmytro, Gao, Yang, Chen, Shuang-Lin (2025): Comprehensive revision of Lycogala (Myxomycetes) in subtropical China: morphological and phylogenetic insights and ten new species. IMA Fungus 16: e 147535, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.147535
9D469C2E97E658E1AFD1F0C9AAD9EB9F.taxon	description	Description. Sporocarps scattered or in small groups, more or less spherical, 1.5 – 3.5 mm in diameter. Peridium thin, membranous, pale beige-yellow, looking dark brown because of dense vesicle cover on the outer surface. The inner surface of the peridium smooth or covered with sparse warts. Vesicles under RL look like dried droplets, noticeably convex, with flattened periphery, rounded or slightly angular, wine red to rust red; under TL vesicles solitary, deep warm brown or darker t, semi-transparent, (120 –) 150 – 205 (– 280) μm in diameter. Vesicle walls thick, 5 – 15 µm, granular, single- or multilayered, with indistinct layer boundaries. Crystals mostly absent, but may be present and rather large. Oil droplets present, small to rather large, irregular in shape, strongly birefringent. Capillitium (2.1 –) 4.2 – 6.9 (– 10.8) μm in diameter, with uneven, wavy contour, but no clear bracelet-like thickenings, free end of tubules are swollen. The surface of capillitium ornamented with small warts and pits, accompanied by irregular ring-like inlets. Spore mass yellow with ochraceous undertones or darker in old collections, hyaline under TL, (5.0 –) 6.5 – 7.0 (– 7.5) μm in diameter, reticulate, with 4 – 5 meshes across diameter, unornamented area occupies 1 / 4 – 1 / 2 of the spore surface. Plasmodium unknown.	en	Song, Wen-Long, Jiang, Zi-Qiong, Li, Min, Leontyev, Dmytro, Gao, Yang, Chen, Shuang-Lin (2025): Comprehensive revision of Lycogala (Myxomycetes) in subtropical China: morphological and phylogenetic insights and ten new species. IMA Fungus 16: e 147535, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.147535
9D469C2E97E658E1AFD1F0C9AAD9EB9F.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Currently known from China and South Korea.	en	Song, Wen-Long, Jiang, Zi-Qiong, Li, Min, Leontyev, Dmytro, Gao, Yang, Chen, Shuang-Lin (2025): Comprehensive revision of Lycogala (Myxomycetes) in subtropical China: morphological and phylogenetic insights and ten new species. IMA Fungus 16: e 147535, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.147535
F2A8BD27F05D5E879FDF61FB4DBE326D.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Widely distributed worldwide.	en	Song, Wen-Long, Jiang, Zi-Qiong, Li, Min, Leontyev, Dmytro, Gao, Yang, Chen, Shuang-Lin (2025): Comprehensive revision of Lycogala (Myxomycetes) in subtropical China: morphological and phylogenetic insights and ten new species. IMA Fungus 16: e 147535, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.147535
3C1A02D4180C50C5A3BC7929BC4C89EF.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Widely distributed worldwide.	en	Song, Wen-Long, Jiang, Zi-Qiong, Li, Min, Leontyev, Dmytro, Gao, Yang, Chen, Shuang-Lin (2025): Comprehensive revision of Lycogala (Myxomycetes) in subtropical China: morphological and phylogenetic insights and ten new species. IMA Fungus 16: e 147535, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.147535
7F4CD511A0C2527A87D6A37635AC8D53.taxon	description	Fig. 7	en	Song, Wen-Long, Jiang, Zi-Qiong, Li, Min, Leontyev, Dmytro, Gao, Yang, Chen, Shuang-Lin (2025): Comprehensive revision of Lycogala (Myxomycetes) in subtropical China: morphological and phylogenetic insights and ten new species. IMA Fungus 16: e 147535, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.147535
7F4CD511A0C2527A87D6A37635AC8D53.taxon	etymology	Etymology. Fasciculus (Latin) small bundle or bunch, and vesicula (Latin) vesicle, referring to the clustered peridial vesicles.	en	Song, Wen-Long, Jiang, Zi-Qiong, Li, Min, Leontyev, Dmytro, Gao, Yang, Chen, Shuang-Lin (2025): Comprehensive revision of Lycogala (Myxomycetes) in subtropical China: morphological and phylogenetic insights and ten new species. IMA Fungus 16: e 147535, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.147535
7F4CD511A0C2527A87D6A37635AC8D53.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Differs from L. exiguum by darker peridium, rounded opaque multilayer aggregates of vesicles, and thin vesicle walls with no outer layer covering the whole group.	en	Song, Wen-Long, Jiang, Zi-Qiong, Li, Min, Leontyev, Dmytro, Gao, Yang, Chen, Shuang-Lin (2025): Comprehensive revision of Lycogala (Myxomycetes) in subtropical China: morphological and phylogenetic insights and ten new species. IMA Fungus 16: e 147535, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.147535
7F4CD511A0C2527A87D6A37635AC8D53.taxon	description	Description. Sporocarps scattered or in small tight groups, spherical to vertically or horizontally oval, sometimes deformed by mutual pressure, 1.4 – 2.5 mm in diameter. Peridium membranous, yellowish brown with olivaceous tones or darker, with dense vesicle cover in the upper part of sporocarp, while the lower part is covered much more sparsely. The inner surface of the peridium smooth. Vesicles appear black under RL, deep warm brown or lighter under TL, (31 –) 33 – 40 (– 50) μm in diameter, semi-translucent, forming rounded multilayer aggregates, with 4 – 7 vesicles across the group and central part opaque due to the overlapping of vesicles. Crystals and oil droplets not observed. Capillitium (2.9 –) 4.2 – 5.6 (– 7.4) μm in diameter, hyaline under TL, with wavy contour, lacking bracelet-like thickening or with very weak ones, densely decorated with small warts and pits. Spore mass, as seen in old collections, yellow with ochraceous undertones or darker, hyaline under TL, (5.4 –) 5.7 – 5.9 (– 6.2) μm in diameter, reticulate, with 5 – 6 meshes across diameter, unornamented area occupies 1 / 4 of the spore surface. Plasmodium unknown.	en	Song, Wen-Long, Jiang, Zi-Qiong, Li, Min, Leontyev, Dmytro, Gao, Yang, Chen, Shuang-Lin (2025): Comprehensive revision of Lycogala (Myxomycetes) in subtropical China: morphological and phylogenetic insights and ten new species. IMA Fungus 16: e 147535, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.147535
7F4CD511A0C2527A87D6A37635AC8D53.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Currently known only from China.	en	Song, Wen-Long, Jiang, Zi-Qiong, Li, Min, Leontyev, Dmytro, Gao, Yang, Chen, Shuang-Lin (2025): Comprehensive revision of Lycogala (Myxomycetes) in subtropical China: morphological and phylogenetic insights and ten new species. IMA Fungus 16: e 147535, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.147535
D06E554B1B7150C4A0A3D607FECA6F18.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Widely distributed worldwide.	en	Song, Wen-Long, Jiang, Zi-Qiong, Li, Min, Leontyev, Dmytro, Gao, Yang, Chen, Shuang-Lin (2025): Comprehensive revision of Lycogala (Myxomycetes) in subtropical China: morphological and phylogenetic insights and ten new species. IMA Fungus 16: e 147535, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.147535
CEDB4475F7875EAB85BF326D20FC3D77.taxon	description	Fig. 8	en	Song, Wen-Long, Jiang, Zi-Qiong, Li, Min, Leontyev, Dmytro, Gao, Yang, Chen, Shuang-Lin (2025): Comprehensive revision of Lycogala (Myxomycetes) in subtropical China: morphological and phylogenetic insights and ten new species. IMA Fungus 16: e 147535, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.147535
CEDB4475F7875EAB85BF326D20FC3D77.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Ukraine, Australia, Costa Rica (Leontyev et al. 2023 b), Norway (Johannesen and Vetlesen 2024), and China (this study).	en	Song, Wen-Long, Jiang, Zi-Qiong, Li, Min, Leontyev, Dmytro, Gao, Yang, Chen, Shuang-Lin (2025): Comprehensive revision of Lycogala (Myxomycetes) in subtropical China: morphological and phylogenetic insights and ten new species. IMA Fungus 16: e 147535, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.147535
0F17DDF3365156E5A309387B6D7D852D.taxon	description	Fig. 9	en	Song, Wen-Long, Jiang, Zi-Qiong, Li, Min, Leontyev, Dmytro, Gao, Yang, Chen, Shuang-Lin (2025): Comprehensive revision of Lycogala (Myxomycetes) in subtropical China: morphological and phylogenetic insights and ten new species. IMA Fungus 16: e 147535, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.147535
0F17DDF3365156E5A309387B6D7D852D.taxon	etymology	Etymology. Helvus (Latin) light yellowish-brown, tawny, pale ochre, referring to the color of the outer surface of the peridium.	en	Song, Wen-Long, Jiang, Zi-Qiong, Li, Min, Leontyev, Dmytro, Gao, Yang, Chen, Shuang-Lin (2025): Comprehensive revision of Lycogala (Myxomycetes) in subtropical China: morphological and phylogenetic insights and ten new species. IMA Fungus 16: e 147535, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.147535
0F17DDF3365156E5A309387B6D7D852D.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Differs from L. aggregatum by yellow with ochraceous undertones or darker peridium, larger peridial vesicles (109 –) 132 – 159 (– 185) μm in diameter, and capillitium decorated with dense reticulum.	en	Song, Wen-Long, Jiang, Zi-Qiong, Li, Min, Leontyev, Dmytro, Gao, Yang, Chen, Shuang-Lin (2025): Comprehensive revision of Lycogala (Myxomycetes) in subtropical China: morphological and phylogenetic insights and ten new species. IMA Fungus 16: e 147535, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.147535
0F17DDF3365156E5A309387B6D7D852D.taxon	description	Description. Sporocarps scattered, more or less spherical, 1.6 – 2.3 mm in diameter. Peridium relatively thick and hard, yellow with ochraceous undertones or darker, covered with vesicle aggregates that form small spines as seen from the side. The inner surface of the peridium decorated with unevenly distributed small warts. Vesicles (109 –) 132 – 159 (– 185) μm in diameter, black under RL, deep warm brown or darker under TL, angular from mutual pressure, clustered in rounded, nearly opaque aggregates, with 5 – 7 vesicles across the group, vesicle walls rather indistinct. Crystals and Oil droplets not observed. Capillitium (3.4 –) 4.3 – 5.6 (– 6.8) μm in diameter, with wavy contour, but no bracelet-like rings, ornamented with dense reticulum of warts and pits, free ends are swallowed. Spore mass in old collections gold or beeswax yellow, hyaline under TL, (4.3 –) 5.5 – 6.3 (– 6.7) μm in diameter, reticulate, with 5 – 7 meshes across diameter, unornamented area occupies 1 / 4 of the spore surface. Plasmodium unknown.	en	Song, Wen-Long, Jiang, Zi-Qiong, Li, Min, Leontyev, Dmytro, Gao, Yang, Chen, Shuang-Lin (2025): Comprehensive revision of Lycogala (Myxomycetes) in subtropical China: morphological and phylogenetic insights and ten new species. IMA Fungus 16: e 147535, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.147535
0F17DDF3365156E5A309387B6D7D852D.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Currently known only from China.	en	Song, Wen-Long, Jiang, Zi-Qiong, Li, Min, Leontyev, Dmytro, Gao, Yang, Chen, Shuang-Lin (2025): Comprehensive revision of Lycogala (Myxomycetes) in subtropical China: morphological and phylogenetic insights and ten new species. IMA Fungus 16: e 147535, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.147535
0F16772687B6594F8FCE5DDC35CB713A.taxon	description	Fig. 10	en	Song, Wen-Long, Jiang, Zi-Qiong, Li, Min, Leontyev, Dmytro, Gao, Yang, Chen, Shuang-Lin (2025): Comprehensive revision of Lycogala (Myxomycetes) in subtropical China: morphological and phylogenetic insights and ten new species. IMA Fungus 16: e 147535, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.147535
0F16772687B6594F8FCE5DDC35CB713A.taxon	etymology	Etymology. Indigorubin, based on indigo (Greek), blue color from India, and rubinum (Latin) ruby-colored, referring to the indigorubin (bluish-purple) tint of the outer surface of the peridium.	en	Song, Wen-Long, Jiang, Zi-Qiong, Li, Min, Leontyev, Dmytro, Gao, Yang, Chen, Shuang-Lin (2025): Comprehensive revision of Lycogala (Myxomycetes) in subtropical China: morphological and phylogenetic insights and ten new species. IMA Fungus 16: e 147535, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.147535
0F16772687B6594F8FCE5DDC35CB713A.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Differs from L. aggregatum by almost free thick-walled peridial vesicles and purple tint in pigmentation of sporocarp.	en	Song, Wen-Long, Jiang, Zi-Qiong, Li, Min, Leontyev, Dmytro, Gao, Yang, Chen, Shuang-Lin (2025): Comprehensive revision of Lycogala (Myxomycetes) in subtropical China: morphological and phylogenetic insights and ten new species. IMA Fungus 16: e 147535, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.147535
0F16772687B6594F8FCE5DDC35CB713A.taxon	description	Description. Sporocarps scattered, spherical, short horizontally oval, or irregular, 2.0 – 5.0 mm in diameter. Peridium thin, membranous, indigorubin (bluish-purple) or lighter, with dense vesicle cover, making it almost black. The inner surface of the peridium is nearly smooth, with only few small warts. Peridial vesicles appear almost black under RL, muted olive-brown or lighter, (78 –) 106 – 128 (– 158) μm in diameter, irregularly ovoid, isodiametric, mostly solitary but densely distributed and closely adjoining. Oil droplets in form of amorphous granular matter or large vesicles, which occupy 1 / 3 – 1 / 2 or vesicle space. Crystals absent. Capillitium (3.7 –) 5.0 – 10.0 (– 21.8) μm in diameter, variable, either completely smooth, or ornamented with large ring-like islets, or densely covered with small pits, thinner tubules are mainly smooth and significantly enlarged to the end, while thicker tubules are mostly covered with pits and their ends are not swollen. Spore mass in old collections yellow with ochraceous undertones or darker, hyaline under TL, (4.8 –) 5.7 – 6.3 (– 7.3) μm in diameter, reticulate, with 4 – 6 meshes across diameter, unornamented area occupies 1 / 4 of the spore surface. Plasmodium unknown.	en	Song, Wen-Long, Jiang, Zi-Qiong, Li, Min, Leontyev, Dmytro, Gao, Yang, Chen, Shuang-Lin (2025): Comprehensive revision of Lycogala (Myxomycetes) in subtropical China: morphological and phylogenetic insights and ten new species. IMA Fungus 16: e 147535, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.147535
0F16772687B6594F8FCE5DDC35CB713A.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Currently known only from China.	en	Song, Wen-Long, Jiang, Zi-Qiong, Li, Min, Leontyev, Dmytro, Gao, Yang, Chen, Shuang-Lin (2025): Comprehensive revision of Lycogala (Myxomycetes) in subtropical China: morphological and phylogenetic insights and ten new species. IMA Fungus 16: e 147535, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.147535
6921931C96815EDBAC93C590CED7B32D.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Ukraine, Russia, Belarus, Germany, Greece (Leontyev et al. 2023 b), Norway (Johannesen and Vetlesen 2024), and China (Song et al. 2024 b).	en	Song, Wen-Long, Jiang, Zi-Qiong, Li, Min, Leontyev, Dmytro, Gao, Yang, Chen, Shuang-Lin (2025): Comprehensive revision of Lycogala (Myxomycetes) in subtropical China: morphological and phylogenetic insights and ten new species. IMA Fungus 16: e 147535, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.147535
9684C82224CF5117BE2D9AE4D041F8B4.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Ukraine, Russia, Vietnam, Germany (Leontyev et al. 2023 b), Belarus (Leontyev et al. 2023 b; Leontyev et al. 2024), Norway (Johannesen and Vetlesen 2024), and China (Leontyev et al. 2023 b, and this study).	en	Song, Wen-Long, Jiang, Zi-Qiong, Li, Min, Leontyev, Dmytro, Gao, Yang, Chen, Shuang-Lin (2025): Comprehensive revision of Lycogala (Myxomycetes) in subtropical China: morphological and phylogenetic insights and ten new species. IMA Fungus 16: e 147535, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.147535
282F5BB1BAE25BE286F83896751305C5.taxon	description	Fig. 11	en	Song, Wen-Long, Jiang, Zi-Qiong, Li, Min, Leontyev, Dmytro, Gao, Yang, Chen, Shuang-Lin (2025): Comprehensive revision of Lycogala (Myxomycetes) in subtropical China: morphological and phylogenetic insights and ten new species. IMA Fungus 16: e 147535, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.147535
282F5BB1BAE25BE286F83896751305C5.taxon	etymology	Etymology. Niger (Latin) black, referring to very dark, opaque peridial vesicles.	en	Song, Wen-Long, Jiang, Zi-Qiong, Li, Min, Leontyev, Dmytro, Gao, Yang, Chen, Shuang-Lin (2025): Comprehensive revision of Lycogala (Myxomycetes) in subtropical China: morphological and phylogenetic insights and ten new species. IMA Fungus 16: e 147535, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.147535
282F5BB1BAE25BE286F83896751305C5.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Differs from all other species in the genus by possessing peridial vesicles that appear black and opaque under transmitted light.	en	Song, Wen-Long, Jiang, Zi-Qiong, Li, Min, Leontyev, Dmytro, Gao, Yang, Chen, Shuang-Lin (2025): Comprehensive revision of Lycogala (Myxomycetes) in subtropical China: morphological and phylogenetic insights and ten new species. IMA Fungus 16: e 147535, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.147535
282F5BB1BAE25BE286F83896751305C5.taxon	description	Description. Sporocarps scattered, spherical, short horizontally oval, sometimes deformed by mutual pressure, 1.7 – 3.7 mm in diameter. Peridium membranous, thin, yellowish brown with olivaceous tones or lighter under RL, with dense vesicle cover, giving a nearly black appearance, the dehiscence area at the top of sporocarp conspicuous, free of vesicles, irregular in shape. The inner peridial surface smooth or covered with scattered warts. Vesicles black under RL, dark under TL, (117.6 –) 161.7 – 237.8 (– 269.2) μm in diameter, isodiametric, irregularly polygonal, solitary, but densely distributed. Oil droplets present, large or small, irregular in shape, reddish, concentrated in the central part of vesicles. Capillitium tubular, hyaline under TL, (5.1 –) 5.3 – 9.1 (– 19.8) μm in diameter, with smooth or somewhat wavy contour and no bracelet-like thickening, the surface of the thread is decorated with small warts and pits, and occasional ling-like islets, visible under TL and SEM. Spore mass in old collections yellow with ochraceous undertones or darker, hyaline under TL, (5.7 –) 6.0 – 6.2 (– 6.4) μm in diameter, reticulate, with 6 – 7 meshes across diameter, unornamented area occupies 1 / 4 of the spore surface. Plasmodium unknown.	en	Song, Wen-Long, Jiang, Zi-Qiong, Li, Min, Leontyev, Dmytro, Gao, Yang, Chen, Shuang-Lin (2025): Comprehensive revision of Lycogala (Myxomycetes) in subtropical China: morphological and phylogenetic insights and ten new species. IMA Fungus 16: e 147535, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.147535
282F5BB1BAE25BE286F83896751305C5.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Currently known only from China.	en	Song, Wen-Long, Jiang, Zi-Qiong, Li, Min, Leontyev, Dmytro, Gao, Yang, Chen, Shuang-Lin (2025): Comprehensive revision of Lycogala (Myxomycetes) in subtropical China: morphological and phylogenetic insights and ten new species. IMA Fungus 16: e 147535, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.147535
7F6435AB7287526AB560C45424A3CCC6.taxon	description	Fig. 12	en	Song, Wen-Long, Jiang, Zi-Qiong, Li, Min, Leontyev, Dmytro, Gao, Yang, Chen, Shuang-Lin (2025): Comprehensive revision of Lycogala (Myxomycetes) in subtropical China: morphological and phylogenetic insights and ten new species. IMA Fungus 16: e 147535, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.147535
7F6435AB7287526AB560C45424A3CCC6.taxon	etymology	Etymology. Planus (Latin) flat, and vesicula (Latin) vesicle, referring to the flattened vesicles on the outer surface of the peridium.	en	Song, Wen-Long, Jiang, Zi-Qiong, Li, Min, Leontyev, Dmytro, Gao, Yang, Chen, Shuang-Lin (2025): Comprehensive revision of Lycogala (Myxomycetes) in subtropical China: morphological and phylogenetic insights and ten new species. IMA Fungus 16: e 147535, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.147535
7F6435AB7287526AB560C45424A3CCC6.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Differs from L. alisaulianovae and L. roseosporum by light deep warm brown spore mass and small, flat peridial vesicles.	en	Song, Wen-Long, Jiang, Zi-Qiong, Li, Min, Leontyev, Dmytro, Gao, Yang, Chen, Shuang-Lin (2025): Comprehensive revision of Lycogala (Myxomycetes) in subtropical China: morphological and phylogenetic insights and ten new species. IMA Fungus 16: e 147535, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.147535
7F6435AB7287526AB560C45424A3CCC6.taxon	description	Description. Sporocarps scattered, spherical, short horizontally oval, or somewhat irregular, 1.7 – 2.9 mm in diameter. Peridium thin, membranous, muted olive-brown or lighter, evenly covered with flattened vesicles. Inner peridial surface smooth or covered with scattered small warts. Vesicles brown under RL, light ochre or lighter, circular, or shuttle-shaped under TL, or 2 – 3 connected, (51 –) 63 – 77 (– 104) μm in diameter, containing irregular oil droplets. Capillitium tubular, (4.8 –) 5.7 – 7.3 (– 13.8) μm in diameter, hyaline under TL, with wavy contour and weak bracelet-like thickenings, free ends more or less swollen. The surface of capillitium ornamented with rather chaotic reticulum of warts and pits, and occasional ring-like islets. Spore mass in old collections rich warm red or lighter, hyaline under TL, (5.9 –) 6.5 – 6.8 (– 7.1) μm in diameter, reticulate, with 4 – 5 meshes across diameter, unornamented area occupies 1 / 4 of the spore surface. Plasmodium unknown.	en	Song, Wen-Long, Jiang, Zi-Qiong, Li, Min, Leontyev, Dmytro, Gao, Yang, Chen, Shuang-Lin (2025): Comprehensive revision of Lycogala (Myxomycetes) in subtropical China: morphological and phylogenetic insights and ten new species. IMA Fungus 16: e 147535, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.147535
7F6435AB7287526AB560C45424A3CCC6.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Currently known only from China and Vietnam (Leontyev et al. 2023 a).	en	Song, Wen-Long, Jiang, Zi-Qiong, Li, Min, Leontyev, Dmytro, Gao, Yang, Chen, Shuang-Lin (2025): Comprehensive revision of Lycogala (Myxomycetes) in subtropical China: morphological and phylogenetic insights and ten new species. IMA Fungus 16: e 147535, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.147535
D33F7257BCED58E8B7697597E33FD8D8.taxon	description	Fig. 13	en	Song, Wen-Long, Jiang, Zi-Qiong, Li, Min, Leontyev, Dmytro, Gao, Yang, Chen, Shuang-Lin (2025): Comprehensive revision of Lycogala (Myxomycetes) in subtropical China: morphological and phylogenetic insights and ten new species. IMA Fungus 16: e 147535, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.147535
D33F7257BCED58E8B7697597E33FD8D8.taxon	etymology	Etymology. Projectum (Latin) projected, jutting out, referring to the vesicles protrude outward from outer surface of the peridium, and forming distinct large spines.	en	Song, Wen-Long, Jiang, Zi-Qiong, Li, Min, Leontyev, Dmytro, Gao, Yang, Chen, Shuang-Lin (2025): Comprehensive revision of Lycogala (Myxomycetes) in subtropical China: morphological and phylogenetic insights and ten new species. IMA Fungus 16: e 147535, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.147535
D33F7257BCED58E8B7697597E33FD8D8.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Differs L. maculatum by smaller peridial vesicles, thinner capillitium, and smaller spores.	en	Song, Wen-Long, Jiang, Zi-Qiong, Li, Min, Leontyev, Dmytro, Gao, Yang, Chen, Shuang-Lin (2025): Comprehensive revision of Lycogala (Myxomycetes) in subtropical China: morphological and phylogenetic insights and ten new species. IMA Fungus 16: e 147535, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.147535
D33F7257BCED58E8B7697597E33FD8D8.taxon	description	Description. Sporocarps scattered, spherical, short horizontally oval, or somewhat irregular, 2.3 – 5.3 mm in diameter. Peridium thick, relatively hard, dried rose or darker, covered by vesicles, which are denser in the upper part. The inner surface of the peridium ornamented with warts, spins, and innumerous parallel lines. Vesicles protrude outward from the surface of the peridium, forming distinct large spines, black under RL, deep warm brown or lighter under TL, solitary, free or occasionally connecting to each other, irregular rounded, (49 –) 66 – 117 (– 140) μm in diameter. Crystals and oil droplets absent. Capillitium tubular, near hyaline under TL, (2.6 –) 3.0 – 4.3 (– 5.4) μm in diameter, with prominent, regularly situated, smooth or warty bracelet-like thickening, less obvious near connection between the capillitium and the peridium or at the free end. Free ends of tubules bulbous, reaching 7.4 μm in diameter. Spore mass in old collections yellow with ochraceous undertones or darker, hyaline under TL, (5.0 –) 5.8 – 6.4 (– 6.7) μm in diameter, reticulate, with 4 – 6 meshes across diameter, unornamented area occupies 1 / 4 – 1 / 2 of the spore surface. Plasmodium unknown.	en	Song, Wen-Long, Jiang, Zi-Qiong, Li, Min, Leontyev, Dmytro, Gao, Yang, Chen, Shuang-Lin (2025): Comprehensive revision of Lycogala (Myxomycetes) in subtropical China: morphological and phylogenetic insights and ten new species. IMA Fungus 16: e 147535, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.147535
D33F7257BCED58E8B7697597E33FD8D8.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Currently known only from China.	en	Song, Wen-Long, Jiang, Zi-Qiong, Li, Min, Leontyev, Dmytro, Gao, Yang, Chen, Shuang-Lin (2025): Comprehensive revision of Lycogala (Myxomycetes) in subtropical China: morphological and phylogenetic insights and ten new species. IMA Fungus 16: e 147535, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.147535
2E33B45359B25733818E0DDE538E0DC5.taxon	description	Fig. 14	en	Song, Wen-Long, Jiang, Zi-Qiong, Li, Min, Leontyev, Dmytro, Gao, Yang, Chen, Shuang-Lin (2025): Comprehensive revision of Lycogala (Myxomycetes) in subtropical China: morphological and phylogenetic insights and ten new species. IMA Fungus 16: e 147535, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.147535
2E33B45359B25733818E0DDE538E0DC5.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Ukraine, Russia, Germany (Leontyev et al. 2023 b), and China (this study).	en	Song, Wen-Long, Jiang, Zi-Qiong, Li, Min, Leontyev, Dmytro, Gao, Yang, Chen, Shuang-Lin (2025): Comprehensive revision of Lycogala (Myxomycetes) in subtropical China: morphological and phylogenetic insights and ten new species. IMA Fungus 16: e 147535, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.147535
E0C3AB7C95C65E9DA04907F222E982A4.taxon	description	Fig. 15	en	Song, Wen-Long, Jiang, Zi-Qiong, Li, Min, Leontyev, Dmytro, Gao, Yang, Chen, Shuang-Lin (2025): Comprehensive revision of Lycogala (Myxomycetes) in subtropical China: morphological and phylogenetic insights and ten new species. IMA Fungus 16: e 147535, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.147535
E0C3AB7C95C65E9DA04907F222E982A4.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Ukraine, Germany (Leontyev et al. 2023 b), Belarus (Leontyev et al. 2023 b; Leontyev et al. 2024), Norway (Leontyev et al. 2023 b; Johannesen and Vetlesen 2024), and China (this study).	en	Song, Wen-Long, Jiang, Zi-Qiong, Li, Min, Leontyev, Dmytro, Gao, Yang, Chen, Shuang-Lin (2025): Comprehensive revision of Lycogala (Myxomycetes) in subtropical China: morphological and phylogenetic insights and ten new species. IMA Fungus 16: e 147535, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.147535
36C011C6FC3E592997D758752B100022.taxon	description	Fig. 16	en	Song, Wen-Long, Jiang, Zi-Qiong, Li, Min, Leontyev, Dmytro, Gao, Yang, Chen, Shuang-Lin (2025): Comprehensive revision of Lycogala (Myxomycetes) in subtropical China: morphological and phylogenetic insights and ten new species. IMA Fungus 16: e 147535, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.147535
36C011C6FC3E592997D758752B100022.taxon	etymology	Etymology. Uva (Latin) bunch of grapes, referring to the aggregation of peridial vesicles.	en	Song, Wen-Long, Jiang, Zi-Qiong, Li, Min, Leontyev, Dmytro, Gao, Yang, Chen, Shuang-Lin (2025): Comprehensive revision of Lycogala (Myxomycetes) in subtropical China: morphological and phylogenetic insights and ten new species. IMA Fungus 16: e 147535, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.147535
36C011C6FC3E592997D758752B100022.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Differs from L. botrydium by sporocarps more or less regular in shape, covered with dark brown reticulum of aggregated vesicles, by thick and distinguishable vesicle walls, and by capillitium densely ornamented by pits, forming a prominent reticulate pattern.	en	Song, Wen-Long, Jiang, Zi-Qiong, Li, Min, Leontyev, Dmytro, Gao, Yang, Chen, Shuang-Lin (2025): Comprehensive revision of Lycogala (Myxomycetes) in subtropical China: morphological and phylogenetic insights and ten new species. IMA Fungus 16: e 147535, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.147535
36C011C6FC3E592997D758752B100022.taxon	description	Description. Sporocarps scattered, spherical or slightly ovoid, 1.4 – 2.9 mm in diameter. Peridium relatively thick, deep warm brown, covered by vesicles that form a dense dark reticulum, through the gaps of which the lighter peridium is visible. The inner surface of the peridium is smooth. Vesicles under RL matt, dark grayish-brown, under TL deep warm brown, ovoid, angular by mutual pressure, (55 –) 60 – 85 (– 100) μm in diameter, clustered in elongate, ovoid to fusiform aggregates with 2 – 5 vesicles across the group, often merged to form a reticulum. Vesicle walls conspicuous, rather thick (2 – 5 µm). Crystals absent. Oil droplets numerous, irregular in shape, filling up to half of the vesicles space. Capillitium tubular, hyaline under TL, (3.7 –) 4.5 – 6.3 (– 9.5) μm in diameter, with smooth contours, densely ornamented by numerous pits, which form a prominent reticulate pattern, better visible under SEM. Spore mass in old collections light yellow with ochraceous undertones, hyaline under TL, (5.5 –) 5.7 – 6.0 (– 6.3) μm in diameter, reticulate, with 5 – 7 meshes across diameter, unornamented area occupies 1 / 4 – 1 / 2 of the spore surface. Plasmodium unknown.	en	Song, Wen-Long, Jiang, Zi-Qiong, Li, Min, Leontyev, Dmytro, Gao, Yang, Chen, Shuang-Lin (2025): Comprehensive revision of Lycogala (Myxomycetes) in subtropical China: morphological and phylogenetic insights and ten new species. IMA Fungus 16: e 147535, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.147535
36C011C6FC3E592997D758752B100022.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Currently known only from China and USA.	en	Song, Wen-Long, Jiang, Zi-Qiong, Li, Min, Leontyev, Dmytro, Gao, Yang, Chen, Shuang-Lin (2025): Comprehensive revision of Lycogala (Myxomycetes) in subtropical China: morphological and phylogenetic insights and ten new species. IMA Fungus 16: e 147535, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.147535
