A new species of Lycogala, and a new record of Lindbladia from China Author Yang, Xin-Ya 0000-0002-9786-9137 Engineering Research Center of Edible and Medicinal Fungi, Ministry of Education, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun, 130118, China. yxyovo@126.com Author Wang, Sai-Yu 0009-0007-2160-7441 Engineering Research Center of Edible and Medicinal Fungi, Ministry of Education, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun, 130118, China. 494345766@qq.com Author Dai, Dan Engineering Research Center of Edible and Medicinal Fungi, Ministry of Education, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun, 130118, China. & Institute of Agricultural Applied Microbiology, Jiangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanchang, 330000, China. Author Zhao, Hui-Nan 0000-0003-1630-161X Engineering Research Center of Edible and Medicinal Fungi, Ministry of Education, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun, 130118, China. zhaohn0807@163.com Author Wang, Yang 0000-0002-5899-3987 Engineering Research Center of Edible and Medicinal Fungi, Ministry of Education, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun, 130118, China. lesireyang@163.com Author Li, Xue-Fei 0009-0005-2556-6494 Engineering Research Center of Edible and Medicinal Fungi, Ministry of Education, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun, 130118, China. lixuefei2020@163.com Author Zhang, Bo 0000-0001-9508-8188 Engineering Research Center of Edible and Medicinal Fungi, Ministry of Education, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun, 130118, China. zhangbofungi@126.com Author Li, Yu 0000-0003-4719-7210 Engineering Research Center of Edible and Medicinal Fungi, Ministry of Education, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun, 130118, China. yuli966@126.com text Phytotaxa 2023 2023-12-28 632 2 143 153 https://phytotaxa.mapress.com/pt/article/download/phytotaxa.632.2.4/51398 journal article 285325 10.11646/phytotaxa.632.2.4 9df12c9a-6d9e-4ba3-922a-b15d1b9453c0 1179-3163 10438479 Key to 21 species of Lycogala 1. Sporocarps conical or subcylindrical, higher than wide..................................................................................................... L . conicum - Sporocarps globose or ovoid, wider than tall ....................................................................................................................................2. 2. Sporocarps 2–5 cm in diam., peridium nearly smooth or with minute dark scales, silvery gray................................. L . flavofuscum - Sporocarps < 2 cm in diam., peridium covered by distinct vesicles, brown, grayish-brown, ochre-yellow, black ...........................3. 3. Peridium covered with simple spots, consisting of one vesicle under transmitted light...................................................................4. - Peridium covered with compound spots, consisting of several to numerous tightly accreted vesicles under transmitted light.....15. 4. Peridial vesicles irregular in shape, scattered, densely or connected in a net. No or few crystals visible in polarized transmitted light....................................................................................................................................................................................................5. - Peridial vesicles round or ovoid, evenly distributed, not forming a net. Numbers crystals visible in polarized transmitted light...... .........................................................................................................................................................................................................11. 5. Vesiciles light brown to almost hyaline in natural transmitted light .................................................................................................6. - Vesiciles dark brown in naturally transmitted light...........................................................................................................................9. 6. Vesiciles contain number of oil droplets. Capillitium ornamented by rings, folds, and ridges. Spores meshes widely vary in size... ........................................................................................................................................................................................... L . olearium - Vesicles contain almost no oil droplets. Capillitium ornamented by regular bracelet-like thickenings. Spores meshes uniform in size.....................................................................................................................................................................................................7. 7. Sporocarps up to 15 mm in diam. Peridium covered with whitish strands of dried slime that covers or hides the vesicles ............... ...................................................................................................................................................................................... L . epidendrum - Sporocarps up to 7 mm in diam. Peridial vesicles clearly.................................................................................................................8. 8. Sporocarps irregular in shape, often deformed by mutual pressure. Peridial vesicles brown......................................... L . irregulare - Sporocarps spherical to ovoid. Peridial vesicles yellowish-brown .............................................................................. L . heterospora 9. Sporocarps 1–3.5 mm diam. Peridial vesicles concentrated at upper ......................................................................... L . roseosporum - Sporocarps 2–6 mm diam. Peridial vesicles dense or even.............................................................................................................10. 10. Sporocarps copper or amber brown. Peridial vesicles even ..................................................................................... L . alisaulianovae - Sporocarps dark brown to almost black. Peridial vesicles dense ................................................................................... L . maculatum 11. Vesicles orange to dark red............................................................................................................................................ L . caviaroides - Vesicles amber-yellow to dull brown ..............................................................................................................................................12. 12. Vesicles loosely, vesicle spacing exceeds their diameter ............................................................................................... L . palianytsia - Vesicles densely, vesicle spacing less or equal to their diameter ....................................................................................................13. 13. Vesicles amber-yellow, light-brownish, distant from each other on length of their diameter or more. .......................... L . succineum - Vesicles brown, distant from each other on ⅓–1 their diameter .....................................................................................................14. 14. Sporocarps large. Peridial vesicles sparse ................................................................................................................... L . leopardinum - Sporocarps medium-size. Peridial vesicles dense ...................................................................................................... L . acinonychum 15. Vesicles thin-walled. Vesicle walls light brown to almost hyaline under transmitted light ............................................................16. - Vesicles thick-walled. Vesicle walls dull brown under transmitted light ........................................................................................17. 16. Vesicles 40–100 μm in diam, no oil droplets.................................................................................................................... L . confusum - Vesicles 20–50 μm in diam, filled with oil droplets .................................................................................................... L . fossiculatum 17. Capillitium ornamented by ridges and warts. Spores with 4–6 meshes across diameter ......................................... L . skovorodaense - Capillitium nearly smooth, with fine pitted-warty. Spores with 5–10 meshes across diameter......................................................18. 18. Aggregates of vesicles large, with 3–6 vesicles across the group ...................................................................................................19. - Aggregates of vesicles small, with 1–3 vesicles across the group ..................................................................................................20. 19. Sporocarps gregarious. Vesicle walls brown and rather thick. Capillitium almost smooth ............................................... L . exiguum - Sporocarps solitary. Vesicle walls hardly visible. Capillitium with fine pitted-warty and ring-shaped islets................. L . botrydium 20. Vesicle walls thin, light brown. Capillitium wavy contours with bearing bracelet like thickenings or lobed folds. Spores with 5–7 meshes across diameter ..................................................................................................................................................... L . oncoides - Vesicle walls brown. Capillitium smooth or uneven, with large rings or pitted-warty cover. Spores with 7–9 meshes across diameter ........................................................................................................................................................................ L . aggregatum