Parasola sect. Conopileae Wächter & A. Melzer

Zhu, LiYang & Bau, Tolgor, 2025, Emendation of morphology and infrageneric standards of Parasola (Psathyrellaceae, Agaricales) and its species diversity in China, IMA Fungus 16, pp. e 143796-e 143796 : e143796-

Parasola sect. Conopileae Wächter & A. Melzer

Description.

Basidiomata small to medium-sized, terrestrial or lignicolous. Pileus conical until mature, almost glabrous to finely sulcate but never cracking into plication, veil absent, brown hairs present. Lamellae adnate, withering at age. Stipes hollow, most glabrous. Basidiospores not flattened, ellipsoid to ovoid in front view and side view, germ pore central. Basidia monomorphic, regularly 4 - spored. Lamellae trama regular, colorless or in brown hue. Lamellae margin infertile, cheilocystidia abundant, subglobose, utriform, ellipsoid, sublageniform. Pleurocystidia present or not, when present subglobose, utriform, sublageniform or subcylindrical. Original pileipellis a hymeniform, composed of sphaeropedunculate cells, secondary pileipellis absent. Sclerocystidia present. Caulocystidia present at upper part of stipe, uniformly or in small cluster distributed, subglobose, utriform, sublageniform or (sub) cylindrical. Clamps present and sometimes present pseudoclamps.