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:
Verrucaria, Verrucariaceae, Verrucariales, Chaetothyriomycetidae, Eurotiomycetes, Ascomycota, Fungi

Current name:
Pyrenula nitida (Weigel) Ach., Mag. Gesell. naturf. Freunde, Berlin 6(1): 21 (1814)

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