GSD Species Synonymy

Current Name:
Polymeridium contendens (Nyl.) R.C. Harris, in Tucker & Harris, Bryologist 83(1): 12 (1980)

Synonymy:
Verrucaria contendens Nyl., Acta Soc. Sci. fenn. 7(2): 492 (1863)
Arthopyrenia contendens (Nyl.) Müll. Arg., Flora, Regensburg 66(20): 317 (1883)

Position in classification:
Trypetheliaceae, Trypetheliales, Incertae sedis, Dothideomycetes, Ascomycota, Fungi

Synonymy Contributor(s):
Kew Mycology (2015); Checklist of Lichens of Australian and its Island Territories