A SYNOPSIS OF THE WOOD-DECAY GENUS LAXITEXTUM (HERICIACEAE, RUSSULALES, BASIDIOMYCOTA) AND A NEW SPECIES FROM CAMEROON Author Henkel, Terry W. Author Ryvarden, Leif text Edinburgh Journal of Botany 2021 2021-03-19 78 348 1 9 http://dx.doi.org/10.24823/ejb.2021.348 journal article 10.24823/EJB.2021.348 1747-0036 Key to the known species of Laxitextum 1a. Pileus dark brown and velutinate _______________________________________ 1. L. bicolor 1b. Pileus absent, or if present, glabrous and cream to deep yellow _____________________ 2 2a. Basidiospores 4–5 × 3–3.5 μm, hyphae encrusted, gloeocystidia non-amyloid 3. L. incrustans 2b. Basidiospores smaller, hyphae smooth, gloeocystidia amyloid ______________________ 3 3a. Spores elliptic, 3.5–4 × 3–3.5 μm, pileus yellowish brown ______________ 4. L. lutescens 3b. Spores globose, 3–3.5 μm in diameter, pileus ochraceous __________ 2. L. globisporum