Record Details:

Verrucaria nitida var. major Schaer., Lich. helv. spicil. 2: 57 (1826)

Nomenclatural comment:
Nom. illegit., Art. 52.1

Editorial comment:
Circumscription includes the type of a name (Sphaeria nitida Weigel 1772), the epithet of which ought to have been adopted. Published as 'V. nitida α major'

Citations in published lists or literature:
Zahlbruckner's Cat. Lich. Univ. 1: 444;

Position in classification:
Verrucariaceae, Verrucariales, Chaetothyriomycetidae, Eurotiomycetes, Ascomycota, Fungi

Current name:
Pyrenula nitida (Weigel) Ach. 1814

Index Fungorum LSID: urn:lsid:indexfungorum.org:names:621802

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