Sanctioning author:
Fr.

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

Basionym:
Lycogala atrum Alb. & Schwein. 1805

Citations in published lists or literature:
Saccardo's Syll. fung. VII: 401; XII: 17; XIX: 64

Position in classification:
Amaurochaete, Amaurochaetaceae, Stemonitidales, Columellomycetidae, Myxomycetes, Myxomycota, Protozoa

Current name:
Amaurochaete atra (Alb. & Schwein.) Rostaf., Vers. Syst. Mycetozoen (Strassburg): 8 (1873)

Index Fungorum LSID: urn:lsid:indexfungorum.org:names:173376