DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15156406
title: Table 2 in Hymenopellis areolata (Physalacriaceae: Agaricales), a new species from Margalla Hills National Park, Islamabad, Pakistan

description: Table 2. Comparison of important characters of Hymenopellis areolata F.Razzaq & Khalid sp. nov. with related species.
CharactersH. areolataH. japonicaH. raphanipesH. rubrobrunnescensH. furfuraceaH. ahmadiiPileusPlano-concave to applanate, covered with flat scales, dark brown to dull brownShallowly convex, radially black veins radiating from the disc and extending to the margin, very dark brownShallowly convex to shallowly concave, intricately wrinkled, dark brown to brown-black over a disc or when matureShallowly convex, outward rugose to rugulose, snuff brown, blackish brown to tawny oliveShallowly umbonate to umbonate or rarely umbilicate, slightly rugulose at edges of umbo to radially rivulose brown to dark brownConvex, umbo dark brown, outward neutral gray-brownPerforatoriumSubumbilicateShallowly umbonateShallowly umboShallowly umbonateUmbonate to rarely umbilicateShallowly umbonatePseudorhizaeShortLongTapering rapidly, carrot to turnip-shapedSlightly inflated, sometimes long as stipe, dauciformHardly inflated, tapering downward graduallyTapering to sharply tapering downward, channeledSpores11.5–17.5 × 10.0–16.0 µm, broadly ellipsoidal to subglobose12–20.5 × 10.5–18 µm, subglobose to broadly ovate(13–)14–20 × 10–18 µm, ellipsoidal, very broadly ellipsoidal to subglobose, occasionally globose10–16(–18.5) × 7–12 µm, elongate ovoid to sublimoniform12–17(–20) × 9–14 µm, broadly ellipsoid(12.5–)14–22 × 12–18(–20) µm, globose to subgloboseCheilocystidia30.0–122.0 × 7.59.0–27.0–33.0 µm40–145 × 12–31 µm42–150(–235) × 7–37 µm26–200 × 10–39 µm32–160 ×8–36 µm52–110 ×11–22 µmPleurocystidia25.0–41.0 × 7.0–12.0 µm120–155 × 27–51 µm83–171 × 14–55 µm80–124(–170) ×(18–)22–35 µm(80–)90–175 × 27–47 µm109–115 × 27–32 µmPileipellisA transition between hymeniderm and epithelium, mostly sphaero- pedunculate to subglobose, few clavate pileocystidiaAn ixohymenoderm, sub- glutinous, pedicellate, broadly clavate, obpyriform to sub- sphaeropedunculate pileocystidiaConstructed of pedicellate, narrowly to broadly clavate, subsphaero- pedunculate pileocystidia, and extended pileal hairsComposed of pedicellate, commonly broadly clavate to sphaeropedunculate pileocystidia and extended pileal hairsConstructed of one to two variables; strongly pedicellate, broadly clavate to sphaeropedunculate pileocystidia and pilear hairs (may be present or not)A hymeniderm constructed of a single element; pedicellate elongate-clavate never sphaeropedunculate pileocystidiaHabit and HabitatSolitary on subtropical forests of Margalla Hills, Islamabad, PakistanSubtropical and temperate Asia; collection in coniferous woods, another under a deciduous treeWidespread from Australia to Japan, to be expected throughout Southeast Asia, including Sri Lanka; gregarious or solitary in the bamboo forest or in mixed forestEastern North America from the southern Appalachian Mountains to southeastern Canada; mixed hardwood- Tsuga forestEastern North America, solitary to scattered, on soil or litter in mixed deciduous forests (eastern United States, eastern and maritime Canada)Pakistan; in the ground with a long, rooting base
description: Published as part of Razzaq, Fauzia, Khalid, Abdul Nasir & Ullah, Zia, 2024, Hymenopellis areolata (Physalacriaceae: Agaricales), a new species from Margalla Hills National Park, Islamabad, Pakistan, pp. 247 in European Journal of Taxonomy 921 on page 247, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2024.921.2431, http://zenodo.org/record/10683665