The Genus Amaurodon
J.
Schröt.
Species found in Germany in
italic
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1a.
Spores smooth |
2 |
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1b.
Spores echinulate or tuberculate |
3 |
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2a. Spores regular ellipsoid 2b. Spores irregularly ovoid to ellipsoid with obtuse angular bulges 3a. Hymenophore poroid |
A. mustialaensis A.
angulisporus A.
aeruginascens |
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3b. Hymenophore smooth or hydnoid |
4 |
|
4a. Hyphae with clamps |
5 |
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4b. Hyphae without clamps, hymenophore smooth |
6 |
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5a. Spores bifurcate, 7-9 µm, hyphae partly with
clamps |
A. atrocyaneus |
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5b. Spores not bifurcate, < 7 µm, all hyphae
with clamps |
7 |
|
6a.
Spores 5-7 µm |
A. cyaneus |
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6b.
Spores 4-5 µm |
A. wakefieldiae |
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7a.
Spores subglobose, hymenophore smooth to hydnoid |
8 |
|
7b.
Spores ellipsoid, hymenophore hydnoid |
9 |
|
8a.
temperate to subtropical species (e.g. Canary Island) |
A. viridis |
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8b.
tropical species (Australia, La Reunion) |
A. aquicoeruleus |
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9a. Hymenophoer with short spines, neotropical
species |
A. hydnoides |
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9b. Hymenophore with long spines, paleotropical
species |
A. sumatranus |
Remark: Amaurodon viridis and A. aquicoeruleus are morphologically very smilar and genetically closely related.