Neotropicomus, A. C. Magnago, Alves-Silva & T. W. Henkel

Nanu, Salna & Kumar, Arun, T. K., 2024, Paleotropical distribution of the genus Neotropicomus A. C. Magnago, Alves-Silva & T. W. Henkel: a new species from India, Cryptogamie, Mycologie 20 (5), pp. 47-52 : 52

KEY TO KNOWN NeOTROPicOmUS A.C. MAGNAGO, ALVES-SILVA & T.W. HENKEL SPECIES

1. Basidiospores smaller (9-11 × 4-5 µm); cheilocystidia larger (28-50 × 7-10 µm); stipitipellis a cutis interrupted by caulocystidia clusters; distributed in the tropical forest of eastern hemisphere ............... N. indicus sp. nov.

— Basidiospores larger; cheilocystidia smaller or absent; stipitipellis a trichodermial palisade; distributed in tropical forest regions of western hemisphere ........................................................................................................... 2

2. Stipe surface finely pruinose to subscabrous on apex to middle; basidia 4-spored; cheilocystidia present (19- 33 × 10-13 µm); basidiospores 12-14 × 4-5 µm ........................................................ N. australis A.C.Magnago

— Stipe surface glabrous or scurfy-fibrillose and faintly longitudinally striate; basidia 2-spored; cheilocystidia absent; basidiospores 11-15 × 4-6 µm ....... N. parvogracilis (T.W.Henkel & Husbands) A.C.Magnago & T.W.Henkel Acknowledgements

Salna N. acknowledges support from Kerala State Council for Science Technology and Environment in the form of a research fellowship (Grant no. KSCSTE/1922/2018-FSHP-LS). The authors thank the Chief Conservator of Forests & Chief Wildlife Warden, Kerala, for permission for field work in the forest areas of Kerala.

Declarations

The authors declare no competing interests.