Basionym Name:Mycoporum sparsellum Nyl., Annls Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 5 7: 343 (1867)
Homotypic synonyms:Mycoporellum sparsellum (Nyl.) Müll. Arg., Revue mycol., Toulouse 6(no. 21): 14 (1884)Tomasellia sparsella (Nyl.) R.C. Harris, in Egan, Bryologist 90(2): 164 (1987)