Synonymy:
Sphaeria aquila Fr., K. svenska Vetensk-Akad. Handl., ser. 3 38: 251 (1817)
Byssitheca aquila (Fr.) Bonord., Abh. naturforsch. Ges. Halle 8: 156 (1864)
Byssosphaeria aquila (Fr.) Stev., Mycol. Scot.: 385 (1879)
Hypoxylon aquilum (Fr.) Bref. [as 'aquila'], Unters. Gesammtgeb. Mykol. (Leipzig) 10: 259 (1891)

Sphaeria byssiseda Tode, Fung. mecklenb. sel. (Lüneburg) 2: 10 (1791)
Rosellinia aquila b byssiseda (Tode) Fuckel, Jb. nassau. Ver. Naturk. 23-24: 148 (1870) [1869-70]
Rosellinia aquila var. byssiseda (Tode) Sacc., Michelia 1(no. 5): 506 (1879)
Byssosphaeria byssiseda (Tode) Cooke, Grevillea 11(no. 60): 149 (1883)
Rosellinia byssiseda (Tode) J. Schröt., in Cohn, Krypt.-Fl. Schlesien (Breslau) 3.2(3): 299 (1894) [1908]

Rosellinia aquila var. glabra Sacc., Syll. Fung. (Abellini) 1: 252 (1882)

Rosellinia aquila var. palmicola Theiss., Beih. bot. Zbl., Abt. 2 27: 393 (1910)

Position in classification:
Rosellinia, Xylariaceae, Xylariales, Xylariomycetidae, Sordariomycetes, Ascomycota, Fungi

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