TABLE 1. Comparison of Pseudosperma quercicum with other Pakistani taxa of Pseudosperma.
Species Pileus Stipe Basidiospores Cheilocystidia Clamp Connections Reference
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Pseudosperma albobrunneum White becoming brownish with age; umbo yellowish becoming brownish at maturity Fibrillose, caulocystidia at the extreme apex of the stipe Elongate to cylindric, sub-reniform, (12.7)13.2–14.4(16.4) × (5.3)6.1– 6.9(8.2) µm Clavate, connected with basal cell Present Jabeen et al. (2021)
P. flavorimosum Yellowish brown with dark brown fibrillose streaks, dry, fibrillose, radially rimose towards the margin; umbo dark brown Narrower towards the apex and wider towards the base, apex furfuraceous, base splitting, surface dry, context off white under a yellowish to dark brown cuticle Ellipsoidal to slightly amygdaliform, (7.8)9.5–12.8(13.31) × (5.7)6.3–7.8(8.9) µm Broadly clavate, thin-walled, (18.5)19.2– 21.7(25.3) × (7.5)7.7–8.6 (9.1) µm Not observed Jabeen et al. (2020); Saba et al. (2020)
P. himalayense Conical to campan-ulate when young becoming plano-convex at maturity, smooth, silky, shiny, fibrillose, radially splitting, outermost margin light cream, pale yellowish to camel brown umbo and margins concolorous White to creamy, cylindrical, central, pruinose towards apex of stipe when young, flesh white, firm, woody texture, caulocystidia present at stipe apex only, like cheilocystidia Ellipsoid to slightly amygdaliform, not phaseoliform, 10.5–13.0 × 7.0–8.1 µm Rarely cylindrical to clavate, 43–60 × 13.8– 23.8 µm Present Liu et al. (2018)
P. pakistanense Small to medium highly rimose and fibrillose golden brown with creamy silver margins, reddish brown prominent umbo Cylindrical, broader up to 0.6 cm towards the apex and narrower towards the base, surface dry, off white, sometimes light brown from the center Ellipsoid to amygdaliform, slightly phaeseoliform Clavate cystidia having a clamp connection at the base Present Ullah et al. (2018)
P. pinophyllum Convex to broadly convex or plane with an acute umbo; margin straight or flaring to deflexed; surface dry, dull, rimose, cracked towards centre, strong brown throughout, acute umbo dark brown umbo Characterized by the pale to light yellow equal stipe Smooth, phaseoliform or ellipsoid, 9.4–15.8 × 6.3–8 µm Numerous, clavate or cylindrical, hyaline to pale brown in KOH, thin-walled, 25–47 × 10–20 µm Present Saba et al. (2020)
P. triaciculare Brownish orange to fulvous pale velipellis coating on the pileus, acutely umbonate Equal, fibrillose, white with pale orange yellow tinge. Caulocystidia 36–98 × 7–14 µm, cylindrical, non-encrusted, hyphoid, thin-walled Elliptic, 8.9–12.5 × 6.1–7.7 µm Septate cheilocystidia Present Saba et al. (2020)
Base swollen up to 2 cm wide, becoming narrower towards the
P. mimicum Spherical, conical becoming wide towards maturity, brown becoming light brown to yellowish brown towards the margins; umbo brown apex, off white context with brownish patches, central, cylindrical, surface granular to fibrillose towards the base. Caulocystida 55.3–70.5 × 9.4–16.6 µm, cylindrical to clavate or fusoid Smooth, ellipsoid, (9.3) 10.3–13.2 (14.5) × (6.1) 6.4–7.2 (8.1) µm Slenderly clavate or cylindrical, 33.2–74.5 × 10.8–23.6 µm Present Saba et al. (2015); Jabeen (2016)