Craterellus

Bijeesh, C., Kumar, A. Manoj, Vrinda, K. B. & Pradeep, C. K., 2018, Two new species of Craterellus (Cantharellaceae) from tropical India, Phytotaxa 346 (2), pp. 157-168 : 166

Key to the Craterellus taxa known from India

1. Basidiomata pileate-stipitate; stipe central, rarely lateral...................................................................................................................2

1. Basidiomata pleurotoid or cyphelloid; stipe reduced or absent....................................................................................... C. inusitatus

2. Basidiocarps pale yellow to vivid yellow...........................................................................................................................................3

2. Basidiocarps differently colored.........................................................................................................................................................4

3. Pileus imperforate; hymenophore light orange to greenish white, basidiospores 10.4–13 × 7.2–9μm ............................. C. shoreae

3. Pileus perforate, hymenophore maize yellow, basidiospores 4.8–11.2 × 3.2–6.4 μm ..................................................... C. ignicolor

4. Stipe solid...........................................................................................................................................................................................5

4. Stipe hollow........................................................................................................................................................................................7

5. Stipe excentric to lateral, basidia 4-sterigmate......................................................................................................... C. mussooriensis

5. Stipe central, basidia 4–6 sterigmate..................................................................................................................................................6

6. Pileus dark violet, hymenophore vinaceous crested, basidiospores 7–8 × 5–5.5 μm ......................................... C. cymatodermoides

6. Pileus grayish brown, hymenophore gray, smooth, basidiospores 9–11.5 × 6–8 μm ............................................... C. albostrigosus

7. Pileus typically ≥ 5cm diam., blackish brown with appressed black fibrils, basidiospores small, 6–7.5 x 4.5–5 μm......... C. dubius

7. Pileus typically <5cm diam., differently colored, spores larger........................................................................................................8

8. Hymenophore cream colored, pileipellis a cutis embedded in a gelatinous matrix ............................................................ C. indicus

8. Hymenophore differently colored, pileipellis a cutis without a gelatinous matrix............................................................................9

9. Pileus fuliginous black, hymenophore blackish brown, ribbed.................................................. C. cornucopioides var. mediosporus

9. Pileus grayish, hymenophore some shade of gray/grayish, folded..................................................................................................10

10. Basidia 4–6 sterigmate, basidiospores 8–8.8 × 4–5.6 μm, odor pleasant, fruity................................................................ C. cinereus

10. Basidia 2–6 sterigmate, basidiospores 9.6–12 × 7.6–9 μm, odor chanterelle like ..................................................... C. parvogriseus