Nomenclatural comment:
Nom. illegit., Art. 52.1

Editorial comment:
Circumscription includes the type of a name (Verrucaria lignyota Wahlenb. ex Ach. 1803), the epithet of which ought to have been adopted

Citations in published lists or literature:
Zahlbruckner's Cat. Lich. Univ. 2: 792

Position in classification:
Thelignya, Lichinaceae, Lichinales, Lichinomycetidae, Lichinomycetes, Ascomycota, Fungi

Current name:
Thelignya lignyota (Wahlenb.) P.M. Jørg. & Henssen, in Henssen & Jørgensen, Lichenologist 22(2): 145 (1990)

Index Fungorum LSID: urn:lsid:indexfungorum.org:names:407111