Table 2 in Dendrocorticiopsis orientalis gen. et sp. nov. of the Punctulariaceae (Corticiales, Basidiomycota) revealed by molecular data

Table 2. Morphological characteristics used for distinguishing the four genera in Punctulariaceae.DendrocorticiopsisDendrocorticiumPunctulariaPunctulariopsisbasidiomataresupinateresupinate or effused-reflexedresupinate or effused-reflexedresupinatehymenial surfacesmoothsmoothtuberculatesmoothdendrohyphidiacolourlessmostly colourless (yellowish in D. roseolum); some species with encrustationsyellowish to brown or pink to rosecolourlesscystidiaclavate, apically with resinous materialsmostly absent (D. roseolum with halocystidia; D. piceinum with leptocystidia)absentmostly absent (P. obducens with leptocystidia)basidiaclavate to subclavate; <35 μm longnarrowly clavate to tubular; mostly> 45 μm longnarrowly clavate to tubular; 35-45 μm longnarrowly clavate to tubular;> 45 μm longbasidiosporesellipsoid to ovoid; <10 μm longbroadly ellipsoid to subglobose; usually <10 μm longellipsoid; <10 μm longbroadly ellipsoid to subglobose;> 10 μm longdistributionssubtropical regionstemperate or tropical regionstropical to subtropical regionstropical to subtropical regions