| 1. Cells with reticulate ornamentation without mucilaginous envelope. | 2 |
| 1.Cells with reticulate ornamentation and mucilaginous envelope, often within short pines | 3 |
| 2.Cells with reticulate on surface and surface granules | Trochiscia granulate |
| 2.Cells with reticulate on surface and including long spines and papilla | 4 |
| 3.Cells with reticulate on surface covered with mucilage and short sharp spines | Trochiscia hamzaoglui |
| 3.Cell with reticulate covered with fine short spines and wide spines like thorn | Trochiscia verrucosa |
| 4.Cells with reticulate ornamentation and long spines including lots of pyrenoid | Trochiscia hystrix |
| 4.Cells with reticulate covered papillae, often within a thin mucilaginous envelope | Trochiscia planctonica |