Dichomitus hubeiensis sp nov and a new record of Dichomitus (Basidiomycota) from China

Dichomitus hubeiensis Hai J. Li & B. K. Cui sp. nov. is described from the Hubei province, central China. It is distinct in the genus by its cream to straw-yellow pore surface and large pores (12 per mm), both inamyloid and indextrinoid skeletal hyphae, presence of cystidioles and dendrohyphidia in the hymenium, more or less ellipsoid basidiospores (1014 x 5.67.0 mu m). Dichomitus kirkii originally described from Zimbabwe was found in the Yunan province, it is new to the Chinese fungal flora, and is characterized by its buff-yellow to cinnamon-buff pore surface, entire to lacerate pores (12 per mm) and large cylindrical basidiospores (20.825.0 x 6.88.0 mu m).