Species Fungorum - Names Record

Species Fungorum

Didymium farinaceum Schrad., Nov. gen. pl. (Lipsiae): 26 [sic, 22] (1797)

Editorial comment:
The generic name in this combination is not considered to apply to an organism within the fungal clade

Typification Details:
Typification: Shrader (l.c., tab. 5, fig. 6)

Host-Substratum/Locality:
On rotten fallen branches and leaves of Abies, Fagus and Populus; also in moss: Germany

Citations in published lists or literature:
Saccardo's Syll. fung. VII: 381, 384; XIX: 593; XII: 199;

Position in classification:
Didymiidae, Stemonitida, Myxogastria, Myxogastrea, Amoebozoa, Protozoa

Current name:
Didymium melanospermum (Pers.) T. Macbr. 1899

Synonymy (See Note):
homotypic synonyms

Index Fungorum LSID: urn:lsid:indexfungorum.org:names:170015

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