Key to Candolleomyces species distributed in Chinese
1a Spores very pale, nearly hyaline in 5% KOH	2
1b Spores pale yellowish brown, greyish brown or darker	8
2a Spores mostly larger than 8.0 μm	3
2b Spores less than 8.0 μm	4
3a Spores larger than 8.5 μm and mostly wider than 5.0 μm	C. luteopallidus
3b Not as above	C. sulcatotuberculosus
4a Spores less than 7.0 μm	5
4b Not as above	7
5a Basidiomata slender, spores nearly hyaline in water	C. subminutisporus
5b Basidiomata stout, spores orange-white to pale orange in water	6
6a Pileus 5–20 mm, brown to golden brown	C. subcandolleanus
6b Pileus 5–25 mm, incanus to nude	C. incanus
7a Basidiomata stout, spores up to 5.5 μm wide	C. singeri
7b Basidiomata slender, spores up to 4.5 μm wide	C. subsinger
8a Spores larger than 10.0 μm	C. typhae
8b Not as above	9
9a Spores without a germ pore, sequestrate basidoma and marine habits	10
9b Spores with a germ pore	11
10a Brownish basidoma	C. brunneovagabundus
10b Whitish basidoma	C. albovagabundus
11a Sometimes germ pore absent	12
11b Germ pore distinct	15
12a Pileipellis isa one to two-layered irregular epithelium	C. gyirongicus
12b Pileipellis is a two to three-layered irregular epithelium	13
13a Spores up to 5.0 μm wide	C. yanshanensis
13b Not as above	14
14a Cheilocystidia claviform to somewhat broadly claviform or subsphaeropenduculate	C. lignicola
14b Cheilocystidia utriform, rarely subclaviform	C. sichuanicus
15a Spores up to 5.0 μm wide, larger than 8.0 μm	C. leucotephrus
15b Not as above	16
16a Spores less than 4.0 μm wide, pileus 6–22 mm	C. albipes
16b Spores 3.7–4.9 μm wide, pileus 10–100 mm	17
17a Basidiomata slender, pileus yellowish grey to grey, brown, becoming white as dries	18
17b Basidiomata stout, orange-white, golden yellow to yellowish brown	19
18a Spores less than 6.8 μm	C. brevisporus
18b Not as above	C. subcacao
19a Spores less than 7.5 μm	20
19b Spores up to 7.5 μm, germ pore distinct but small	21
20a Spores 6.2–7.4 × 3.8–4.3 μm, germ pore distinct but small	C. shennongdingicus
20b Spores 6.1–7.1 × 3.9–4.6 μm, germ pore distinct	C. luridus
21a Pileus 23–63 mm, spores 6.7–8.4 × 4.2–4.9 μm	C. shennongjianus
21b Pileus 10–100 mm, spores 6.1–9.0 × 3.7–4.5 μm	C. candolleanus