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. 2021 Dec 10;9:e12625. doi: 10.7717/peerj.12625

Table 3. Morphological characteristics of Xylodon species in Korea.

Characteristics X. asperus a X. flaviporus b X. kunmingensis c X. nespori d X. niemelaei e X. ovisporus b X. serpentiformis f X. spathulatus d X. subflaviporus g
Hymenophore type raduloid poroid odontioid grandinioid poroid and arachnoid poroid odontioid raduloid poroid
Hymenophore color cream to buff cream to buff or pinkish buff cream cream cream to buff cream to buff or pinkish buff cream cream cream to buff
Hyphal system monomitic pseudodimitic monomitic monomitic monomitic pseudodimitic pseudodimitic monomitic pseudodimitic
Clamp connections present present present present present present present present present
Cystidia capitate, subulate acicular, apically-encrusted, capitate capitate encrusted, subcapitate capitate, short acicular, apically-encrusted, capitate encrusted, tubular capitate, cylindrical, subulate acicular, apically-encrusted, capitate
Basidia shape suburniform suburniform utriform subclavate to suburniform subclavate to suburniform suburniform suburniform subclavate to suburniform suburniform
length/µm 9.7–18.8 9.7–18.8 15.0–22.0
(23.0–27.0) 		15.0–20.0 13.0–18.0
(17.0–23.0) 		8.0–15.6 11.3–14.7
(15.0–17.0) 		14.0–21.0 11.3–15.4
width/µm 3.5–5.6 3.5–5.6 3.0–5.3 3.6–4.1 4.0–5.0 3.1–5.1 2.8–3.9
(4.0–5.0) 		3.5–5.0 4.3–6.4
(4.0–5.0)
Basidio-spores ornamentation ellipsoid ellipsoid narrowly ellipsoid narrowly ellipsoid ellipsoid ellipsoid ellipsoid ellipsoid ellipsoid
length (l)/µm 4.2–5.2 4.2–5.2 5.0–6.3 4.4–5.1
(5.0–6.0) 		5.0–6.2 3.5–4.4 4.8–5.8 4.8–5.8 3.9–4.8
width (w)/µm 3.0–4.0 3.0–4.0 2.5–3.4 2.1–2.6 3.2–3.7 2.6–3.3 3.3–4.3 3.5–4.5 2.8–3.5
mean (l × w) 4.6 × 3.2 4.6 × 3.2 5.7 × 3.2 4.6 × 2.4 4.6 × 3.5 3.9 × 2.9 5.3 × 3.8 5.3 × 3.9 4.4 × 3.2
Q value 1.4
(1.2–1.3) 		1.4 1.8 1.9 1.6 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.4

Notes:

Measurements in bold are deviant from the references, which are given in parentheses.