Table 4.

A comparison of species in the Oligoporus.

Species	Basidiocarps	Pore (per mm)	Pore surface	Cystidia	Cystidioles	Basidiospores size (μm)	Basidiospores shape	Reference
Oligoporus podocarpi	Resupinate	Round to angular, 5–6	White to pale cream	Thick-walled with apically encrusted	Absent	3.8–4.2 × 2–2.5	Allantoid to oblong ellipsoid	Present study
O. rennyi	Resupinate	Angular, 2–4	White or cream, then pale brown	Absent	Absent	4.8–6 × 2.5–3.5	Oblong ellipsoid	Ryvarden and Melo (2014); Shen et al. (2019)
O. sericeomollis	Resupinate	Round and angular, 4–6	White or discoloured yellowish or tan	Thick-walled with apically encrusted	Present, thin-walled	4–5 × 2–2.5	Oblong cylindrical to ellipsoid	Ryvarden and Melo (2014); Shen et al. (2019)