On these pages a synoptic key for the fungal genus Favolaschia is provided. They key comprises data of 121 published species names and is the first identification tool which contains the entire available information on the Favolaschia species. Additionally, it contains comprehensive species descriptions and illustrations of 14 investigated type specimens.
Favolaschia species are characterized by their rather small poroid fruitbodies with colours ranging from white to brownish, bright orange to red. A saprobic lifestyle is presumed and fruitbodies are mostly found on decaying parts of di- and monocotyledonous plants, as well as ferns. Favolaschia species are worldwide distributed (excluding Antarctica), with a high diversity in Latin America.
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A gallery of images from the key:
| Fig 1: Fruitbodies of the described Favolaschia species in the scientific paper "Favolaschia species (Agaricales, Basidiomycota) from Ecuador and Panama"
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| Fig 2: F. alsophilae (type material, B6443).
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| Fig 10: F. fendleri (type material, B4118).
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| Fig 15: F. macropora (type material, KG0027).
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| Fig 16: F. pantherinae (type material, M1003).
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| Fig 17: F. pterigena var. boliviana (type material, B817).
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| Fig 18: F. roseogrisea (type material, 6035).
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| Fig 19: F. sabalensis var. geonematis (type material, B7441).
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| Fig 20: F. teapae (type material, M8798).
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| Fig 21: F. violascens (type material, B1227).
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