Record Details:

Lepra lactea DC., in Lamarck & de Candolle, Fl. franç., Edn 3 (Paris) 2: 322 (1805)

Nomenclatural comment:
Nom. illegit., Art. 53.1

Editorial comment:
Lepra lactea (L.) Wigg. 1780

Replaced synonym:
Lichen lacteus Sibth. 1794

Competing homonym:
non Lichen lacteus L. 1767

Citations in published lists or literature:
Zahlbruckner's Cat. Lich. Univ. 7: 752 Page Image for Protologue

Position in classification:
Pertusariaceae, Pertusariales, Ostropomycetidae, Lecanoromycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi

Species Fungorum current name:
Varicellaria lactea (L.) I. Schmitt & Lumbsch, in Schmitt, Otte, Parnmen, Sadowska-Deś, Lücking & Lumbsch 2012

Index Fungorum Registration Identifier 393207; click here to update this record

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