Table 1 Comparison of selected morphological characters of known Amoeninae species from Asia and species described in this study.
Pileus size (mm) | R. bella (1) | R. orientipurpurea (1) | R. sp. (1) | R. intervenosa (2) | R. pseudoamoenicolor (3) | R. pauriensis (4) | R. mukteswarica (5) | R. bellissima (6) | R. luteonana (6) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
20–50 | 52–60 | 60 | 26–49 | 50–100 | 53–63 | 65–130 | 10–50 | 28–53 | |
Pileus colour | |||||||||
Bright red | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
Pink | 1 | 1 | |||||||
Grey | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Brown | 1 | ||||||||
Purple | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Violet | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
Green | 1 | 1 | |||||||
Bright yellow | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Cream or pale yellow | 1 | 1 | |||||||
Stipe colour | |||||||||
Almost white | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
Partly pink | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
Partly purple | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
Partly violet | 1 | ||||||||
Spore size | |||||||||
Length (µm) | 6.5–7.7 | 6.9–7.8 | 6.5–7 | 7–8 | 6–9.5 | 6–8 | 7.6–9.3 | 7.3–8.3 | 8.1–9.0 |
Width (µm) | 5.3–6.0 | 6–6.9 | 5.6–6.2 | 6.5–7 | 5–8 | 5.5–7 | 7.3–8.2 | 6.8–7.6 | 7.4–7.9 |
Spore ornamentation | |||||||||
Height (µm) | 0.4–1.0 | 0.6–1 | 0.7–1.2 | 0.6–0.9 | Up to 2 | Up to 2 | 0.75 | 1.2–1.6 | 1.1–1.2 |
Subreticulate | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Reticulate | 1 | ||||||||
Hymenial cystidia | |||||||||
Length (µm) | 52–75 | 74.5–101 | 12.5–16.5 | 29–34 | 90–117 | 55–135 | 80–110 | 78–106.5 | |
Width (µm) | 7.5–10.5 | 10.5–15 | 10–12.5 | 10–21 | 12–22 | 11–17 | 14–21 | ||
Cylindrical or clavate | 1 | ||||||||
Subulate or lageniform | 1 | 1 | |||||||
Fusiform | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
Obtuse | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
Acute | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Marginal cell | |||||||||
Length (µm) | 38.5–63 | 48–88 | 42.5–56.5 | 32–39 | 30–85 | 36–68 | 70–100 | 38.5–54.5 | 41.5–69 |
Width (µm) | 5.5–7.5 | 5.5–10.5 | 5.5–7 | 5.5–7 | 7–10 | 8–15 | 11–17 | 5.5–7.5 | 7.5–10.5 |
Different from sides | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
TC margin | |||||||||
Length (µm) | 47–76 | 55.5–89 | 60–85 | 39–47 | 11–65 | 9–64 | 27.5–49 | 24.7–76.5 | |
Width (µm) | 5–7 | 5–7 | 4.5–6 | 2.5–4.5 | 4–10 | 4–10 | 5–11 | 4.5–7 | 4.7–8 |
Subterminal cell | |||||||||
Number | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 1–4 | 0–1 | ||
Width (µm) | Up to 14 | Up to 12 | 4.5–6 | 4–8 | |||||
TC centre | |||||||||
Width (µm) | 4.5–7.5 | 4.5–7.5 | 3–4 | 3.5–6.5 | 4–7.5 | ||||
