Synonymy:
Lycogala atrum Alb. & Schwein., Consp. fung. (Leipzig): 83 (1805)
Arongylium atrum (Alb. & Schwein.) Link, Mag. Gesell. naturf. Freunde, Berlin 3(1-2): 25 (1809)
Strongylium atrum (Alb. & Schwein.) Sw., K. svenska Vetensk-Akad. Handl., ser. 3 36: 110 (1815)
Reticularia atra (Alb. & Schwein.) Fr., Systema Mycologicum 3(1): 86 (1829)
Dermodium atrum (Alb. & Schwein.) Kuntze, Revis. gen. pl. (Leipzig) 3(3): 465 (1898)
Lachnobolus ater (Alb. & Schwein.) Lado [as 'atrus'], Cuadernos de Trabajo de Flora Micológica Ibérica (Madrid) 16: 49 (2001)

Lycoperdon fuliginosum Sowerby, Col. fig. Engl. Fung. Mushr. (London) 3(no. 19): tab. 257 (1800)
Amaurochaete fuliginosa (Sowerby) T. Macbr., N. Amer. Slime-Moulds (New York): 109 (1899)

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

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