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McNabb, R.F.R. 1965: Taxonomic studies in the Dacrymycetaceae. II. Calocera (Fries) Fries. New Zealand Journal of Botany 3(1): 31-58.

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McNabb, R.F.R. 1965: Taxonomic studies in the Dacrymycetaceae. II. Calocera (Fries) Fries. New Zealand Journal of Botany 3(1): 31-58.
New Zealand Journal of Botany
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Calocera

1
Clamp connections present
2
Clamp connections absent
5
2
Basidiocarps large, to 25 mm high, simple or sparingly branched; spores 1-septate
C. fusca
Basidiocarps small, rarely exceeding 10 mm high
3
3
Spores 1-septate; clamped dikaryophyses present
C. sinensis
Spores 1-3-septate; clamped dikaryophyses absent
4
4
Basidiocarps variable in shape, cylindrical, spathulate, petaloid, or palmately lobed; spores 11-15.5 X 4-5-5.5 um
C. guepinioides
Basidiocarps simple, subulate or fusiform; spores 13.5-17.5 X4-5-5 5 um
C. macrospora
5
Basidiocarps large, to 10cm high, dichotomously branched; spores 1-septate; on coniferous substrates
C. viscosa
Basidiocarps rarely exceeding 2. 5 cm high, not dichotomously branched
6
6
Basidiocarps white, attached to substratum by a radicating base
C. viscosa var. cavarae
Basidiocarps yellow or orange
7
7
Spores 1-septate; basidiocarps extremely variable in shape, subulate, cylindrical-attenuate, irregularly branched, palmate, or occasionally stipitate with a rugose pileus
C. cornea
Spores 1-3-septate
8
8
Radicating base present; spores 1-3-septate; on coniferous substrates
C. furcata
Radicating base absent; spores 3-septate
9
9
Basidiocarps not organised into three zones, hyphae of central core rarely exceeding 2 .5 um diam
C. australis
Basidiocarps organised into three zones, hyphae of central core of large diam
10
10
Basidiocarps clavate or spathulate
C. clavata
Basidiocarps distinctly stipitate with a rugose or morchelloid pileus
11
11
Spores 3-4.5m um diam., septa thickened; European
C. glossoides
Spores 4.5-5.5 um diam., septa thin; Australasian
C. lutea

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30 October 2023
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