Inonotus linteus Teixeira 1992
Creators: name: Vlasák, Josef
name: Li, Hai-Jiao
name: Zhou, Li-Wei
name: Dai, Yu-Cheng
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Fungi
Basidiomycota
Agaricomycetes
Hymenochaetales
Hymenochaetaceae
Inonotus
Inonotus linteus

description: Key to species of Inonotus linteus complex   
 1. Basidiocarps annual, resupinate.................................................................................................................... I. tropicalis   
1. Basidiocarps perennial, pileate to effused-reflexed...................................................................................................... 2  
2. The binding alike hyphae (frequently branched and winding) present in trama.......................................................... 3  
2. The binding alike hyphae (frequently branched and winding) absent in trama............................................................ 4  
 3. Pores 5–7 per mm; basidiospores 4–4.8 × 3.4–4 µm.................................................................................. I. dependens   
 3. Pores 2–3 per mm; basidiospores 6–7 × 4.4–5.1 µm............................................................................ I. sideroxylicola   
4. Pores 4–5 per mm......................................................................................................................................................... 5  
4. Pores> 5 per mm.......................................................................................................................................................... 6  
 5. Basidiospores 3.5–4.5 × 3–3.5 µm; temperate species in Euraisa............................................................. I. lonicerinus   
 5. Basidiospores 4.8–5.8 × 3.7–4.8 µm; subtropical to tropical species in America................................. I. pseudolinteus   
 6. Pores 8–10 per mm.................................................................................................................................. I. lonicericola   
6. Pores 5–8 per mm......................................................................................................................................................... 7  
7. Tramal skeletal hyphae and contextual thick-walled hyphae swollen in KOH............................................................ 8  
7. Tramal skeletal hyphae and contextual thick-walled hyphae unchanged in KOH....................................................... 9  
 8. Dissepiments distinctly thick (= diameter of pores)...................................................................................... I. cubensis   
 8. Dissepiments distinctly thin to slightly thick (<1/4 diameter of pores).......................................................... I. linteus   
9. Context very thin, <3 mm.......................................................................................................................................... 10  
9. Context very thick,> 10 mm...................................................................................................................................... 11  
 10. Context duplex; distributed in the warm temperate to subtropical areas...................................................... I. weigelae   
 10. Context homogeneous; distributed in alpine zones........................................................................................ I. alpinus   
11. Setae mostly <20 µm long......................................................................................................................................... 12  
11. Setae mostly> 20 µm long......................................................................................................................................... 13  
 12. Basidiocarps with an acute edge; tropical species.......................................................................................... I. zonatus   
 12. Basidiocarps with a blunt edge; temperate species........................................................................................... I. baumii   
 13. Basidiospores basically subglobose; restricted to Juglans.......................................................................... I. weirianus   
 13. Basidiospores basically broadly ellipsoid; restricted to Morus or Populus................................................................ 14   
 14. Basidiocarps resupinate to pileate; basidiospores 3.8–4.4 × 2.8–3.7 µm; restricted to Populus...................... I. vaninii   
 14. Basidiocarps distinctly pileate; basidiospores 4–4.9 × 3.1–3.9 µm; restricted to Morus.......................... I. sanghuang
description: Published as part of Vlasák, Josef, Li, Hai-Jiao, Zhou, Li-Wei & Dai, Yu-Cheng, 2013, A further study on Inonotus linteus complex (Hymenochaetales, Basidiomycota) in tropical America, pp. 25-36 in Phytotaxa 124 (1) on page 34, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.124.1.3, http://zenodo.org/record/5085072