Cryptic species diversity in polypores: the Skeletocutisnivea species complex
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Korhonen, Aku
Author
Seelan, Jaya Seelan Sathiya
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Miettinen, Otto
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.36.27002
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.36.27002
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Polyporus atromaculus Lloyd, Bulletin of the Lloyd Library 35: 98 (1936).
Type.
Australia. Tasmania: Hobart, Rodway (BPI 302037).
Discussion.
Cunningham (1965)
considered
P. atromaculus
to be a synonym of
S. nivea
(or
Tyromyces chioneus
, as he called it). The name refers to Tasmanian collections of L. Rodway.
Lloyd (1922)
used the name
P. atromaculatus
in reporting his determinations to Rodway. Referencing
Lloyd (1922)
,
Stevenson and Cash (1936)
published
Polyporus atromaculus
Lloyd in herb. accompanied by a description and specification of a type specimen in a list of fungus names proposed by Lloyd. It is doubtful whether their intention was to validate the name but the description remains invalid (ICBN Melbourne Art. 39.1) and we reject the name.
Ryvarden (1990)
appears to share this view as he does not include
P. atromaculus
in his type studies of
Polyporus
species described by Lloyd.