Record Details:

Sphaerophorus sterilis (Ach.) P. Gaertn., B. Mey. & Scherb., Oekonom.-techn. Fl. Wetterau 3(2): 228 (1802) [1801]

Nomenclatural comment:
Nom. illegit., Art. 52.1

Editorial comment:
Circumscription includes the type of a name (Lichen fragilis L. 1753), the epithet of which ought to have been adopted. Published as 'Sphaerophorum sterile'

Basionym:
Lichen sterilis Ach. 1799

Citations in published lists or literature:

Position in classification:
Sphaerophoraceae, Lecanorales, Lecanoromycetidae, Lecanoromycetes, Ascomycota, Fungi

Current name:
Sphaerophorus fragilis (L.) Pers. 1794

Index Fungorum LSID: urn:lsid:indexfungorum.org:names:641667

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