Record Details:

Calicium sphaerocephalum var. majus Schaer., Lich. helv. spicil. 1: 4 (1823)

Nomenclatural comment:
Nom. illegit., Art. 52.1

Editorial comment:
Circumscription includes the type of a name (Mucor sphaerocephalus L. 1753), the epithet of which ought to have been adopted. Published as 'C. sphaerocephalum α majus'

Citations in published lists or literature:

Position in classification:
Caliciaceae, Caliciales, Lecanoromycetidae, Lecanoromycetes, Ascomycota, Fungi

Current name:
Calicium lenticulare Ach. 1816

Index Fungorum LSID: urn:lsid:indexfungorum.org:names:638921

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