Synonymy:
Lyomyces byssinus P. Karst., Meddn Soc. Fauna Flora fenn. 11: 137 (1884) [1885]
Corticium byssinum (P. Karst.) Sacc., Syll. Fung. (Abellini) 6: 614 (1888)
Tomentella byssina (P. Karst.) P. Karst., Bidr. Känn. Finl. Nat. Folk 48: 420 (1889)
Terana byssina (P. Karst.) Kuntze, Revis. gen. pl. (Leipzig) 2: 872 (1891)
Athelia byssina (P. Karst.) Parmasto, Eesti NSV Tead. Akad. Toimet., Ser. Biol. 16(4): 380 (1967)

Corticium byssinum var. xanthellum Bourdot & Galzin, Hyménomyc. de France (Sceaux): 200 (1928) [1927]
Athelia byssina f. xanthella (Bourdot & Galzin) Parmasto, Eesti NSV Tead. Akad. Toimet., Ser. Biol. 16(4): 380 (1967)

Piloderma byssinum var. minutum Jülich, Beih. Willdenowia 7: 232 (1972)

Position in classification:
Piloderma, Atheliaceae, Atheliales, Agaricomycetidae, Agaricomycetes, Basidiomycota, Fungi

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