Table 1 Summary table of characters and characteristics of the studied Ganoderma basidiocarps.

X₁/basidiospore length without exosporium (mean, µm)

The individual value indicates the arithmetic mean of 30 replications

X₂/basidiospore width without exosporium (mean, µm)

the individual value indicates the arithmetic mean of 30 replications

X₃/stem presence

0 no/1 yes

X₄/pileus surface

0 crusty/ 1 shiny

X₅/resinous crust presence

0 no/ 1 yes

X₆/pileus shape

0 ungulate

0.5 no well-defined or deformed

1 flat

X₇/pileus surface colour

0 brown

1 dark brown

X₈/pileus surface colour–surface pattern

1 beige–grey–brown beige–grey beige–grey brown

2 fawn brown–buff–clay brown–green brown–olive brown

3 ochre yellow, orange brown–pearl orange–ochre brown–red orange

4 chocolate brown–nut brown–chestnut brown

5 red brown–mahogany brown–purple violet

6 black red–jet black

X₉/stem colour, if present

0 pure red–red brown–mahogany brown

0.5 stem absent

1 chocolate brown–red black

X₁₀/tube layer colour

1 beige–sand yellow

2 brown beige–ivory

3 ochre brown

4 signal brown–fawn brown

5 nut brown–chestnut brown–clay brown

X₁₁/pileus margin

0 round

0.5 not well-defined

1 sharp

X₁₂/basidiocarp weight

0 not very light in weight

1 very light in weight

X₁₃/context colour

1 from beige to almost sand yellow

2 sand yellow–fawn brown

3 beige brown–brown beige, orange brown

4 orange brown–ochre brown

5 nut brown–clay brown

6 nut brown–chestnut brown–mahogany brown

Y/species

identified by anatomo-morphological and molecular data