Record Details:

Urceolaria calcarea var. hoffmannii Ach. [as 'hoffmanni'], Syn. meth. lich. (Lund): 143 (1814)

Nomenclatural comment:
Nom. illegit., Art. 52.1

Editorial comment:
Circumscription includes the type of a name (Verrucaria contorta Hoffm. 1790), the epithet of which ought to have been adopted. Published as 'U. calcaria β U. hoffmannii'

Citations in published lists or literature:
Zahlbruckner's Cat. Lich. Univ. 5: 318;

Position in classification:
Graphidaceae, Ostropales, Ostropomycetidae, Lecanoromycetes, Ascomycota, Fungi

Current name:
Circinaria contorta (Hoffm.) A. Nordin, Savić & Tibell 2010

Index Fungorum LSID: urn:lsid:indexfungorum.org:names:617645

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

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