Record Details:

Melanopsamma waghornei House, Ann. Rep. N.Y. St. Mus. 179: 37 (1915)

Nomenclatural comment:
Nom. illegit., Art. 52.1

Editorial comment:
Circumscription includes the type of a name (Melanopsamma ellisii Sacc. & P. Syd. 1899), the epithet of which ought to have been adopted

Replaced synonym:
Melanopsamma borealis Ellis & Everh. 1894

Competing homonym:
non Melanopsamma borealis (P. Karst.) Sacc. 1878

Citations in published lists or literature:
Saccardo's Syll. fung. XXIV: 921 Page Image for Protologue

Position in classification:
Niessliaceae, Hypocreales, Hypocreomycetidae, Sordariomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi

Species Fungorum current name:
Herpotrichia ellisii (Sacc. & P. Syd.) M.E. Barr 1992

GSD:
Species Fungorum synonymy

Index Fungorum Registration Identifier 183891; click here to update this record

Please contact Paul Kirk if you have any additions or errors to report. Data contributors.

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