Table 2.
Morphological comparison of the currently accepted species in Bjerkandera.
| Basidiomata type | Pilei colour | Pore shape and number of pores | Poroid surface | Basidiospores size (μm) | Basidiospores shape | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B. adusta | Pileate, effused-reflexed to resupinate | Cream to buff, then greyish to greyish-blue | Round to angular, 6–7/mm | Grey to black | 4.5–6 × 2.5–3.5 | Short-cylindrical to subellipsoid | Ryvarden and Melo 2017 |
| B. albocinerea | Pileate to effused-reflexed | Sordid white to pale cream | Round, 8–11/mm | Dark brown grey to almost black when bruised | 3.5–4.5 × 2–2.6 | Oblong-ellipsoid to ellipsoid | Motato-Vásquez et al. 2020 |
| B. atroalba | Pileate to effused-reflexed | White to cream, then grey | Round or more commonly angular, 2–5/mm | White to cream, then becoming dark | 4–5 × 3–4 | Narrowly ellipsoid to broadly ellipsoid | Westphalen et al. 2015 |
| B. centroamericana | Pileate to effused-reflexed | White to cream, then brownish | Angular, 7–11/mm | Sordid white, then brown to black in bruised parts | 4–5 × 3–4.5 | Broadly ellipsoid to subglobose | Westphalen et al. 2015 |
| B. ecuadorensis | Pileate | Pinkish-buff to buff | Round to angular, 7–9 /mm | Grey to dark-brown, then almost black in bruised parts | 3.9–4.5 × 2.7–3 | Ellipsoid | Present study |
| B. fulgida | Effused-reflexed | Pinkish buff to clay-buff | Round or sometimes angular, 6–8/mm | Clay-buff to pale brown, then dark brown in bruised parts | 3.9–4.5 × 2.8–3.3 | Ellipsoid to broadly ellipsoid | Present study |
| B. fumosa | Pileate to effused-reflexed | Buff to woody coloured | Round to angular 2–5/mm | Buff to isabelline | 5.5–7 × 2.5–3.5 | Short cylindrical | Ryvarden and Melo 2017 |
| B. mikrofumosa | Effused-reflexed | Pale golden-brown | Angular, 7–9/mm | Pale to smoky brown, then dark grey in bruised parts | 3.5–4.8 × 2.3–3 | Ellipsoid | Motato-Vásquez et al. 2020 |
| B. minispora | Pileate | Pinkish-buff to buff | Round to angular, 6–9/mm | Buff-yellow, ash-grey to pale brown, then almost black in bruised parts | 3.1–4.2 × 2–2.8 | Oblong-ellipsoid to ellipsoid | Present study |
| B. resupinata | Resupinate | – | Round to angular, 4–6/mm | Pinkish buff to pale brownish, then dark grey in bruised parts | 4.5–6 × 3.2–4.1 | Ellipsoid to broadly ellipsoid | Present study |