Synonymy:
Reticularia carestiana Rabenh., Fungi europ. exsicc.: no. 436 (1862)
Lepidoderma carestianum (Rabenh.) Rostaf., Śluzowce monogr. (Paryz): 188 (1875) [1874]
Lepidoderma carestianum (Rabenh.) Rostaf., Śluzowce monogr. (Paryz): 188 (1875) [1874] var. carestianum
Lepidoderma carestianum (Rabenh.) Rostaf., Śluzowce monogr. (Paryz): 188 (1875) [1874] f. carestianum
Polyschismium carestianum (Rabenh.) A. Ronikier, J.M. García-Martín, A. Kuhnt, J.C. Zamora, M. de Haan, Janik & Lado, in Ronikier, Janik, de Haan, Kuhnt & Zankowicz, Mycologia: 10.1080/00275514.2022.2109914, 21 (2022) var. carestianum

Lepidoderma carestianum var. flavescens Meyl., Bull. Soc. Vaud. Sci. Nat., Sér. 5 44: 292 (1908)

Lepidoderma carestianum f. roseum Meyl., Bull. Soc. Vaud. Sci. Nat. 46: 50 (1910)

Lepidoderma carestianum f. brunescens Meyl., Bull. Soc. Vaud. Sci. Nat. 55: 241 (1924)

Lepidoderma carestianum f. pulverulenta Meyl., Bull. Soc. Vaud. Sci. Nat. 56: 321 (1927)

Lepidoderma carestianum var. pseudocarestianum G. Moreno, Ant. Sánchez, Mar. Mey., López-Vill. & A. Castillo, Bol. Soc. Micol. Madrid 42: 51 (2018)
Polyschismium carestianum var. pseudocarestianum (G. Moreno, Ant. Sánchez, Mar. Mey., López-Vill. & A. Castillo) Prikh., Shchepin, Novozh., G. Moreno, López-Vill. & Schnittler, in Prikhodko, Shchepin, Bortnikova, Novozhilov, Gmoshinskiy, Moreno, López-Villalba, Stephenson & Schnittler, Mycol. Progr. 22(2, no. 11): 13 (2023)

Position in classification:
Lepidoderma, Didymiidae, Stemonitida, Myxogastria, Myxogastrea, Amoebozoa, Protozoa

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