Synonymy:
Niptera melaleuca (Fr.) Fuckel, Jb. nassau. Ver. Naturk. 23-24: 292 (1870) [1869-70]
Tapesia melaleuca (Fr.) Rehm, Hedwigia 24(1): 11 (1885)

Peziza leucomela Alb. & Schwein., Consp. fung. (Leipzig): 341 (1805)
Peziza melaleuca Fr., Systema Mycologicum 2(1): 150 (1822)

Niptera melaleuca subsp. echinicola Sacc., Michelia 1(no. 4): 424 (1878)
Mollisia melaleuca subsp. echinicola (Sacc.) Sacc., Syll. Fung. (Abellini) 8: 338 (1889)
Mollisia echinicola (Sacc.) Mussat, in Saccardo, Syll. Fung. (Abellini) 15: 217 (1901)
Mollisia melaleuca var. echinicola (Sacc.) Boud., Hist. Class. Discom. Eur. (Paris): 138 (1907)

Position in classification:
Mollisia, Mollisiaceae, Helotiales, Leotiomycetidae, Leotiomycetes, Ascomycota, Fungi

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