Synonymy:
Byssus coerulea Lam., Fl. franç. (Paris) 1: (103) (1779)
Thelephora coerulea (Lam.) Schrad. ex DC., in Lamarck & de Candolle, Fl. franç., Edn 3 (Paris) 2: 107 (1805)
Auricularia coerulea (Lam.) Mérat [as 'caerulea'], Nouv. Fl. Environs Paris, Edn 2 1: 35 (1821)
Athelia coerulea (Lam.) Chevall., Fl. gén. env. Paris (Paris) 1: 85 (1826)
Thelephora violascens var. coerulea (Lam.) Fr., Elench. fung. (Greifswald) 1: 202 (1828)
Corticium coeruleum (Lam.) Fr., Epicrisis Systematis Mycologici: 562 (1838) [1836-1838]
Pulcherricium coeruleum (Lam.) Parmasto, Consp. System. Corticiac. (Tartu): 132 (1968)

Byssus phosphorea L., Sp. pl., Edn 2 2(2): 1638 (1763)
Auricularia phosphorea (L.) Sowerby, Col. fig. Engl. Fung. Mushr. (London) 3(no. 24): tab. 350 (1802)

Dematium violaceum Pers., Syn. meth. fung. (Göttingen) 2: 697 (1801)

Thelephora indigo Schwein., Schriften Naturf. Ges. Leipzig 1: 107 [81 of repr.] (1822)

Position in classification:
Terana, Phanerochaetaceae, Polyporales, Incertae sedis, Agaricomycetes, Basidiomycota, Fungi

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