Rh. Petersen, New Species of Lentaria (Fungi : Aphyllophorales): redescription and mating systems of L-surculus and L-byssiseda, REV BIOL TR, 48(2-3), 2000, pp. 555-567
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.