Synonymy:
Lycogala contortum Ditmar, in Sturm, Deutschl. Fl., 3 Abt. (Pilze Deutschl.) 1(1): 9 (1813)
Perichaena contorta (Ditmar) Fr., Systema Mycologicum 3(1): 192 (1829)
Licea contorta (Ditmar) Wallr., Fl. crypt. Germ. (Norimbergae) 2: 345 (1833)
Hemitrichia contorta (Ditmar) Rostaf., in Fuckel, Jb. nassau. Ver. Naturk. 27-28: 75 (1873) [1873-74]

Trichia inconspicua Rostaf., Śluzowce monogr. (Paryz): 259 (1875) [1874]
Trichia contorta var. inconspicua (Rostaf.) Lister, Monogr. Mycetozoa (London): 169 (1894)

Hemiarcyria karstenii Rostaf., Śluzowce monogr., Suppl. (Paryz): 41 (1876)
Arcyria karstenii (Rostaf.) Massee, Monogr. Myxogastr. (London): 168 (1892)
Hemitrichia karstenii (Rostaf.) Lister, Monogr. Mycetozoa (London): 178 (1894)
Trichia contorta var. karstenii (Rostaf.) Ing, Trans. Br. mycol. Soc. 48(4): 647 (1965)

Trichia advenula Massee, J. Roy. Microscop. Soc.(1): 336 (1889)

Trichia andersonii Rex [as 'andersoni'], Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad. 43(2): 395 (1891)

Trichia iowensis T. Macbr., Bulletin Labs. nat. Hist. St. Univ. Ia 2(2): 133 (1892)
Trichia contorta var. iowensis (T. Macbr.) Torrend, Brotéria, sér. bot. 7: 55 (1908)

Trichia contorta f. attenuata Meyl., Annals Conservat. Bot. Genève: 320 (1913)
Trichia contorta var. attenuata (Meyl.) G. Lister, Bull. Soc. Vaud. Sci. Nat. 57: 46 (1929)

Position in classification:
Trichia, Trichiaceae, Trichiales, Lucisporinia, Myxogastrea, Amoebozoa, Protozoa

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