Table 1 Characteristics distinguishing Candolleomyces sindhudeltae from the other Candolleomyces species

C. albipes

Convex to broadly convex

Incurved to recurved

Adnate, unbranched, pale grayish brown

Broadly clavate, 19–24 × 9–13.5 μm

Absent

10–30 μm in diam.

C. badhyzensis

Broadly bell-shaped, glabrous

No data

Whitish

Polymorphic, 34–51 × 8.5–15 μm

Absent

No data

C. cladii-marisci

Hemispheric to applanate

Deeply striate

Adnate, unbranched, Brown purplish

Versiform, utriform, seldom cylindrical to clavate,

Absent

No data

C. incanus

Hemispherical to conical, incanus to nude

Adnate, off-white

Utriform, apex obtuse or broadly obtuse or often subcapitate,

rarely with deposits, 17–27

(31) × 7–11 (13) µm

25–32 μm broad

C. sindhudeltae

Convex to campanulate, areolate

scalloped to cracked

Free, branched, pale reddish

Clavate to broadly clavate, capitate, ligniform, globose, narrowly utriform to utriform, rarely ovoid pedunculate, 13–38 × 8–15 μm

Present

36–103.9 × 8.5–41.4 μm