Xerophorus Vizzini, Consiglio & M. Marchetti 2020
Creators: name: Asif, Muhammad
name: Saba, Malka
name: Raza, Mubashar
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Fungi
Basidiomycota
Agaricomycetes
Agaricales
Callistosporiaceae
Xerophorus

description: Key to the species of Xerophorus   
1a. Caulocystidia absent......................................................................................................................................................................... 2.  
1b. Caulocystidia present.........................................................................................................................................................................3.  
 2. Pileus hemispherical to convex to flat, light pink; light cream with pinkish lamellae; stipe concolorous with pileus; basidiospores amygdaliform to rounded 8.3 × 6.1 μm, cheilocystidia cylindrical to clavate 21–44 × 3–5 µm; pileipellis a cutis, clamped hyphae..................................................................................................................................................................................... X. dominicanus   
3a. Basidiomata with clamp connections................................................................................................................................................4.  
3b. Basidiomata with no clamp connection.............................................................................................................................................5.  
4. Pileipellis a trichoderm......................................................................................................................................................................6.  
5. Pileipellis a cutis................................................................................................................................................................................7.  
 6. Pileus convex to parabolic,campanulate, brown to dull orange; pale yellow lamellae, concolorous stipe; basidiospores amygdaliform, oblong, 6 × 4.3 μm; cheilocystidia polymorphic 16–24.5 × 2.9–5.2 μm; clamp connections only in stipitipellis..... X. pakistanicus   
7a. Cheilocystidia poorly differentiated..................................................................................................................................................8.  
7b. Cheilocystidia well-developed..........................................................................................................................................................9.  
 8. Pileus hemispherical to convex, brown, ochraceous or olive grey, concolorous lamellae, creamy stipe, basidiospores amygdaliform to ellipsoid 9.2 × 5.2 μm, cheilocystidia cylindrical to flexuose 30–50 × 6–8.5 µm...................................................... X. olivascens   
 9. Pileus convex to applanate, yellow-orange to vinaceous purple; pale yellowish brown lamellae and stipe; basidiospores amygdaliform to ovoid ellipsoid 8.3 × 5.1 μm; cheilocystidia narrowly cylindrical to slightly flexuose or clavate 29–45 × 7–11 μm..................................................................................................................................................................................... X. donadinii
description: Published as part of Asif, Muhammad, Saba, Malka & Raza, Mubashar, 2023, First report of the genus Xerophorus from Asia with the description of Xerophorus pakistanicus (Callistosporiaceae), a new species from Southern Punjab, Pakistan, pp. 38-48 in Phytotaxa 632 (1) on page 47, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.632.1.3, http://zenodo.org/record/10435188