Didymium mucilago Prikh., Shchepin, Novozh., Schnittler & S.L. Stephenson, in Prikhodko, Shchepin, Bortnikova, Novozhilov, Gmoshinskiy, Moreno, López-Villalba, Stephenson & Schnittler, Mycol. Progr. 22(2, no. 11): 10 (2023)

Synonymy:
Mucilago crustacea P. Micheli ex F.H. Wigg., Prim. fl. holsat. (Kiliae): 112 (1780)

Reticularia alba Bull., Herb. Fr. (Paris) 7: pl. 326 (1788) [1787-88]
Spumaria alba (Bull.) DC., in Lamarck & de Candolle, Fl. franç., Edn 3 (Paris) 2: 261 (1805)

Mucilago alba Battarra ex E. Sheld., Minn. bot. Stud. 1: 475 (1895)

Spumaria alba var. dictyospora R.E. Fr., Ark. Bot. 1: 66 (1903)
Mucilago spongiosa var. dictyospora (R.E. Fr.) G. Lister, Monogr. Mycetozoa, Edn 2 (London): 138 (1911)
Mucilago dictyospora (R.E. Fr.) Lizárraga, G. Moreno & Illana, in Lizárraga, Illana & Moreno, Ann. Bot. Fenn. 36(3): 197 (1999)

Spumaria alba var. solida Sturgis, Colorado Coll. Stud. Sci. Ser. 12: 30 (1907)
Mucilago spongiosa var. solida (Sturgis) G. Lister, Monogr. Mycetozoa, Edn 2 (London): 138 (1911)
Spumaria solida (Sturgis) H. Jahn, Ber. dt. bot. Ges. 41(10): 390 (1923)
Mucilago crustacea var. solida (Sturgis) G. Lister ex Nann.-Bremek., Nederlandse Myxomyceten (Zutphen): 390 (1975) [1974]

Position in classification:
Didymium, Didymiaceae, Physarales, Columellomycetidae, Myxomycetes, Myxomycota, Protozoa

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