New Species of Lentaria (Fungi : Aphyllophorales): redescription and mating systems of L-surculus and L-byssiseda

The following names are proposed for species of Lentaria new to science: L. boletosporioides from New Zealand with stout basidiomata and boletoid basi diospores; L. caribbeana from Caribbean islands and circum-Caribbean landma sses, with large basidiomata and large basidiospores; L. glaucosiccescens f rom New Zealand, with basidiomata turning grey-green upon drying: and L. ri onegrensis from Argentina, with densely branched, ruddy basidiomata. Lentar ia javanica nom. nov. is proposed to substitute for Clavaria compressa, a l ater homonym. Basidiospore statistics indicate infraspecific differentiatio n within L. surculus and two morphological variants are described. Lentaria surculus and L. byssiseda exhibit tetrapolar mating systems, and the two s pecies are sexually interincompatible.