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. 2021 Nov 18;7(11):982. doi: 10.3390/jof7110982
A key to worldwide species of Fibrodontia
1a. Hymenophore odontioid to hydnoid, aculei up to 1.5 mm long 2
b. Hymenophore grandinioid to odontioid, aculei up to 0.7 mm long 3
2a. Aculei usually less than 1 mm long, skeletal hyphae (2.5–)3.5–4.5 μm wide F. gossypina
b. Aculei usually more than 1 mm long, skeletal hyphae 1.5–3.5 μm wide F. subalba
3a. Basidiospores generally 7–9 μm long F. tomentosa
b. Basidiospores generally 3.5–5.5 μm long 4
4a. Skeletal hyphae smooth F. austrosinensis
b. Skeletal hyphae usually encrusted with crystals 5
5a. Basidiospores generally broadly ellipsoid to globose, 4.5–5 × 3.5–4.5 μm F. brevidens
b. Basidiospores generally ellipsoid to ovoid, 3.5–4.5 × 2.5–3 μm F. alba