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Taxon: Genus Olpidium (A.Braun) Rabenh. (1868) (fungus)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  (A. Braun, 1856) Rabenh., 1867[1868]
Original name & spelling:  Braun, A. 1856. Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1855: 75. [Chytridium subgen. Olpidium].
Subsequent rank:  Rabenh., 1867[1868]. Flora Europaea algarum aquae dulcis et submarinae 3: 282.
Subsequent publication:  Schröter, J. 1889[1886]. In Cohn, Krypt.-Fl. Schlesien (Breslau) 3.1 (1-8), 16 Aug 1886: 180.

Types

Type of: Olpidiaceae (Family) J.Schröt. (1886) Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2013(2012): table 8 (p. 157). [inferred]
Type of: Olpidiales (Order) Caval.-Sm. (2012) Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2013(2012): table 8 (p. 157). [inferred]
Type of: Olpidiomycetes (Class) Doweld (2013) Ref: N.N. Wijayawardene et al., 2018: 53. [inferred]
Type of: Olpidiomycota (Phylum) Doweld (2013) Ref: N.N. Wijayawardene et al., 2018: 53. [inferred]
Type, by original designation, of: Olpidiomyceta (Subkingdom) Tedersoo, Sánchez-Ramírez, Kõljalg, Bahram, M. Döring, Schigel, T.W. May, M. Ryberg & Abarenkov (2018) Ref: L. Tedersoo et al., 2018: 150. [new]
Type: Olpidium endogenum (A.Braun) J.Schröt. (1886) Ref: N.N. Wijayawardene et al., 2018: 88.

Variants

Different spelling: Olphidium (Genus) orth. inval.

Synonyms

Synonymous name: Chytridium subg. Olpidium (Subgenus) A.Braun (1856) Ref: IMA: 31 Jul 2019.
Synonymous name: Cyphidium (Genus) Magnus (1875) Ref: [Kirk, P.M.] (ed.), present: [23 Jan 2016].
Synonymous name: Diplochytrium (Genus) Tomaschek (1879) Ref: [Kirk, P.M.] (ed.), present: [23 Jan 2016].
Including: Asterocystis (Genus) De Wild. (1893) Ref: P.M. Kirk et al. (eds.), 2001: 649.
Including: Endolpidium (Genus) De Wild. (1894) Ref: [Kirk, P.M.] (ed.), present: [23 Jan 2016].
Including: Monochytrium (Genus) Griggs (1910) Ref: [Kirk, P.M.] (ed.), present: [23 Jan 2016].
Including: Olpidiaster (Genus) Pascher (1917)
Including: Olpidiella (Genus) Lagerh. (1888) Ref: [Kirk, P.M.] (ed.), present: [23 Jan 2016].
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