Coniophora: study of 22 type specimens

摘要

The type specimens of 24 epithets ofConiophorawere studied and most are redescribed. Eleven names are excluded fromConiophora. Seven are Hymenomycetes of uncertain generic position:C. albo-olivaceaRick,C. harperiBurt,C. indicaMassee,C. janthinospora(Pat.) Sacc. amp; Trav.,C. lichenoidesMassee,C. stratalisMassee, andC. viridis(Berk.) Cooke ex Sacc. In addition,C. broomeianaMassee is not a basidiomycete;C. lateritiaSpeg. is a nomen dubium;C. murinaisSeptobasidium murina(Berk. amp; Br.) Petch; andC. stereoideaRick is aGloeocystidiellum. Thirteen epithets are placed in synonymy with otherConiophoranames:Coniophora berkeleyiMassee,C. betulaeP. Karst.,C. macra(P. Karst.) P. Karst.,C. aridasubsp.macraP. Karst., andC. subdealbata(Berk. amp; Br.) Massee all asC. suffocata(Peck) Massee;C. cookeiMassee and C.subcinnamomeaP. Karst. both asC. arida(Fr.) P. Karst.;C. kalmiae(Peck) Burt,C. luteocincta(Berk.) Cooke ex Sacc,C. luridaP. Karst., and C.aridavar.lurida(P. Karst.) P. Karst. all asC. puteana(Fr.) P. Karst.;C. inflataBurt asC. submembranacea(Berk. amp; Br.) Cooke ex Sacc.; andC. betulaevar.eucalyptiBres. amp; Torrend asC. hanoiensisPat.