Chlorociboria C. S. Ramamurthi, Korf & L. R. Batra
Creators: name: Li, Cui-Jin-Yi
name: Chethana, K. W. Thilini
name: Hyde, Kevin D.
name: Zhao, Qi
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Fungi
Ascomycota
Leotiomycetes
Helotiales
Chlorociboriaceae
Chlorociboria

description: The key to the known species in Chlorociboria
1. Symbiotic with bryophytes......................................................................................................................... Chlorociboria lamellicola
Not symbiotic with plants...................................................................................................................................................................2
2. Apothecia> 5 mm in diameter ................................................................................................................................. C. aeruginascens
Apothecia <5 mm in diameter ...........................................................................................................................................................3
3. Stem> 5 mm long ........................................................................................................................................................... C. colubrosa
Stem <5 mm long ..............................................................................................................................................................................4
4. Disc dark green or black when dry.....................................................................................................................................................5
Disc not dark green or black when dry.............................................................................................................................................16
5. Receptacle green when dry.................................................................................................................................................................6
Receptacle dark green-brown when dry ................................................................................................................................ C. musae
6. Paraphyses branched ..........................................................................................................................................................................7
Paraphyses unbranched ....................................................................................................................................................................12
7. Ascospores oblong or fusiform to elongate-ellipsoidal......................................................................................................................8
Ascospores filiform, 45–55 μm long................................................................................................................................... C. subtilis
8. Ascospores oblong, 3–4 μm long ................................................................................................................................... C. salviicolor
Ascospores fusiform to elongate-ellipsoidal ......................................................................................................................................9
9. Subhymenium with aeruginous pigmented ................................................................................................................... C. omnivirens
Subhymenium without aeruginous pigmented .................................................................................................................................10
10. Ascospores <9.0 μm long ..................................................................................................................................... C. novae-zelandiae
Ascospores> 9.0 μm long ................................................................................................................................................................11
11. Ascospores 1.7–2.0 μm wide...................................................................................................................................... C. argentinensis
Ascospores 2.6–3.8 μm wide............................................................................................................................................. C. daliensis
12. Ascospores fusiform.........................................................................................................................................................................13
Ascospores oblong............................................................................................................................................................................14
13. Tomentum hyphae absent ................................................................................................................................................... C. procera
Tomentum hyphae present................................................................................................................................................. C. halonata
14. Tomentum hyphae lacking........................................................................................................................................... C. awakinoana
Tomentum hyphae present with smooth-walled...............................................................................................................................15
15. Asci> 95 μm long .......................................................................................................................................................... C. spathulata
Asci <95 μm long ......................................................................................................................................................... C. aeruginella
16. Disc yellow.......................................................................................................................................................................................17
Disc not yellow.................................................................................................................................................................................26
17. Disc with whitish bloom...................................................................................................................................................................18
Disc without whitish bloom..............................................................................................................................................................20
18. Ascospores oblong............................................................................................................................................................................19
Ascospores clavate or filiform............................................................................................................................................. C. clavula
19. Ascospores> 21 μm ..................................................................................................................................................... C. macrospora
Ascospores <14 μm ................................................................................................................................................. C. campbellensis
20. Paraphyses extending beyond the asci .............................................................................................................................................21
Paraphyses scarcely extending beyond the asci ...............................................................................................................................24
21. Paraphyses up to 5 μm wide............................................................................................................................................... C. solandri
Paraphyses less than 3 μm wide .......................................................................................................................................................23
22. Ascospores surrounded by gelatinous sheath 1-1.5 μm thick .................................................................................... C. albohymenia
Ascospores without gelatinous sheath..............................................................................................................................................22
23. Ascospores> 7 μm ........................................................................................................................................................ C. metrosideri
Ascospores <5 μm ............................................................................................................................................................ C. olivacea
24. Asci> 90 μm long ............................................................................................................................................................................25
Asci <90 μm long ................................................................................................................................................................ C. glauca
25. Ectal excipulum 35–45 μm thick.................................................................................................................................... C. poutoensis
Ectal excipulum 60–75 μm thick...................................................................................................................................... C. pardalota
26. Disc off-white to translucent blue-green .......................................................................................................................... C. duriligna
Disc orange or green.........................................................................................................................................................................27
27. Disc orange.......................................................................................................................................................................................28
Disc green.........................................................................................................................................................................................29
28. Ascospores filiform ............................................................................................................................................................. C. spiralis
Ascospores ellipsoidal ...................................................................................................................................................... C. herbicola
29. Macroscopically pubescent ........................................................................................................................................... C. pteridicola
Macroscopically glabrous.............................................................................................................................................. C. aeruginosa
description: Published as part of Li, Cui-Jin-Yi, Chethana, K. W. Thilini, Hyde, Kevin D. & Zhao, Qi, 2022, Phylogeny and morphology reveal a new species of Chlorociboria (Chlorociboriaceae, Leotiomycetes) from southwestern China, pp. 122-134 in Phytotaxa 554 (2) on pages 130-131, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.554.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/6820902