| 1. | Ascospores shorter than 11 μm …..…………………………………….…. 2 |
| 1. | Ascospore longer than 11 μm …………………………………………….... 8 |
| 2. | Ascospores 1-septate; (5.5–)6–7 × 3–3.5 μm …………………. L. vestita |
| 2. | Ascospores 1–3-septate, longer than 7 μm ………………………...……. 3 |
| 3. | Asci (46–)50–56(–65) × 6–7 μm, ascospores (7–)7.5–9 × 3.5–4(–4.5) μm ………………..………………………………………………... L. investita |
| 3. | Asci longer than 56 μm ………………..……………………………………. 4 |
| 4. | Ascospores usually 1–2-septate, old ascospores 3-septate …………… 5 |
| 4. | Ascospores 3-septate early in ontogeny ………………………………… 7 |
| 5. | Ascospores 1(–3)-septate, first-formed septum in the middle, 8–10 × 4.5–5 μm …………………………………………..…… L. cirrhosa |
| 5. | Ascospores usually 1–2-septate, first-formed septum in the middle or slightly above or below the middle ………………………………………… 6 |
| 6. | Ascospores up to 9.5 μm long; aerial mycelium on MLA woolly, woolly-floccose or almost cobwebby at the margin; margin of the colony consisting of densely branched hyphae ………………………. L. conoidea |
| 6. | Ascospores usually slightly longer, 9–10.5 μm; aerial mycelium on MLA cottony to felty having a more compact appearance; margin of the colony consisting of unbranched or sparsely branched hyphae ….. L. tenuirostris |
| 7. | Ascospores (8–)9–10.5(–11) × 4–5 μm, asci 72–81 × 6.5–7.5 μm …………….………………………………………………………… L. unipretoriae |
| 7. | Ascospores longer than 10.5 μm ………………………………………… 8 |
| 8. | Ascospores (12.5–)13–15 × 5.5–6.5 μm ………….…………… L. magna |
| 8. | Ascospores shorter than 13 μm …………………………………………… 9 |
| 9. | Preferring coniferous wood; ascomata up to 600 μm diam with a neck up to 170 μm wide; ascospores (10–)10.5–13 × 4–5.5 μm, asci (66–)70–88(–90) × (7.5–)8–9.5(–10) μm …………..……………... L. crinigera |
| 9. | Species without substrate preferences, ascomata and necks smaller …………………………………………………………………………………….. 10 |
| 10. | Asci up to 8 μm wide, ascospores up to 5 μm wide; asci (70–)72–80(–82) × 7.5–8(–8.5) μm, ascospores (10–)11–12 × 4–5(–5.5) μm ……………………………….………………………………… L. obscura |
| 10. | Asci wider than 8 μm, ascospores wider than 5 μm …….……………… 11 |
| 11. | Asci length/width ratio 9.4, ascospores (10.5–)11–12(–13) μm long ………………………………………………………..……………... L. sulcata |
| 11. | Asci length/width ratio 8.6, ascospores 11.5–13(–14) μm long ……………………………………………………………………... L. striatella |