Editorial comment:
Named for 'in honour of M. Welwitzsch [sic], an accomplished Portuguese botanist' (fide Lidsay, 1856)

Typification Details:
Typification: Welwitsch, 1840

Host-Substratum/Locality:
On thallus of Sticta sylvatica: Portugal

Citations in published lists or literature:
Saccardo's Syll. fung. VIII: 740; XII: 1; XIX: 1 Link to Protologue

Position in classification:
Abrothallaceae, Abrothallales, Incertae sedis, Dothideomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi

Current name:
Abrothallus welwitschii Mont. ex Tul., in Arnold, Annls Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 3 17: 115 (1852)

Global Species Databases (GSD):
Species Fungorum synonymy

Index Fungorum Registration Identifier: 655585

Index Fungorum UUID: {CC9A1860-3AF1-4593-97E3-42793EF1DEF7}