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. 2024 Oct 14;109:285–304. doi: 10.3897/mycokeys.109.126029
1 Sporangiospores mainly subglobose to globose, ovoid, or irregularly polyhedral 2
Sporangiospores mainly ellipsoidal 11
2 Sporangiospores mainly ovoid or irregularly polyhedral 3
Sporangiospores mainly subglobose to globose 4
3 Sporangiospores mainly ovoid B.ovalispora
Sporangiospores mainly irregularly polyhedral B.tuberculispora
4 Azygosporangia subglobose to globose B.dichotoma
Azygosporangia absent 5
5 Chlamydospores abundant in substrate hyphae, in chains 6
Chlamydospores absent 7
6 Short sporangiophores simple or rebranched; uni-spored 13.5–23.0 μm; columellae variable in shape, including subglobose, conical, ellipsoidal, cylindrical, hemispherical, near pyriform, or sometimes bell-shaped, long conical B.chlamydospora
Short sporangiophores simple or simple or sympodial; uni-spored 23.5–40.0 μm; columellae hemispherical or conical B.moniliformis
7 Uni-spored present, subglobose to globose 8
Uni-spored absent 10
8 Giant cells present, globose to oval B.koreana
Giant cells absent 9
9 Uni-spored sporangiola are quite common, 18−24 μm in diameter; multi-spored sporangiola 13−33 μm in diameter B.circina
Uni-spored sporangiola are rare, 9−14 μm in diameter; multi-spored sporangiola 14−41 μm in diameter B.lamprospora
10 Multi-spored sporangiola contain roughly 4–25 sporangiospores, 31.0–59.0 × 33.5–61.5 μm B.locustae
Multi-spored sporangiola contain roughly 5–10 sporangiospores, 14.5–26.0 μm in diameter B.variispora
11 Chlamydospores abundant B.solicola
Chlamydospores absent 12
12 Giant cells present 13
Giant cells absent 15
13 Presence of cylindrical columellae, 62 × 58 µm B.indica
Absences of cylindrical columellae 14
14 Sporangiospores globose to broadly ellipsoid, 8–12 × 7–10 µm B.dispersa
Sporangiospores oblongly ellipsoidal, in young cultures rather uniform, 39.2–40.5 × 14.9–15.5 µm, in ageing cultures smaller spores, 14 × 5 µm and up B.oblongielliptica
15 Uni-spored rare, globose, up to 15 μm diameter B.thermophila
Uni-spored absent 16
16 Columellae no more than 70 µm 17
Columellae up to 70 µm 18
17 Columellae depressed globose to subglobose, apophysate, maximum growth temperature 35 °C B.fujianensis
Columellae usually cylindrical, nonapophysate, maximum growth temperature 32 °C B.elliptica
18 Presence of pyriform columellae, up to 110 × 75 µm B.oblongispora
Absences of pyriform columellae 19
19 Sporangia up to 250(-300) µm in diameter, columella conical to cylindrical-ellipsoidal, 115–200 × 100–180 µm B.grandis
Sporangia up to 100(-150) µm in diameter, columella applanate conical or cylindrical, 70 × 75 (85 × 100) µm B.variabilis