Fixing the application of the generic name Naematelia (Tremellales) by lectotypification. Issue 5 (1st October 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Hawksworth, David L.; Millanes, Ana M.; Wedin, Mats
• Editors: Prado, Jefferson; Lendemer, James; Tripp, Erin
• Is Part Of: Taxon. Volume 65:Issue 5(2016)
• Page Start: 1093
• Page End: 1096
• Publication Date: 2016-10-01
• Subjects: Basidiomycota -- Epitypification -- Fungicolous fungi -- Stereum -- Tremella; Plants -- Classification -- Periodicals; 580.12
• DOI: 10.12705/655.10
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0040-0262

Abstract

Abstract: The place of publication and typification of the generic name Naematelia is discussed, and N. encephala is confirmed as the correct name of the type of the genus name. That name was a replacement name for the earlier N. encephaliformis, which is lectotypified by a Willdenow plate; as selection of an epitype cannot be justified at present, a sequenced specimen from Sweden is selected as a reference specimen to represent the molecular application of the name in our sense. As the name N. encephala is a sanctioned name, it must be retained over N. encephaliformis . The species is fungicolous, widespread, growing mainly on Stereum sanguinolentum on conifers, but also reported on deciduous trees.