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Taxon: Genus Hericium Pers. (1794) (fungus)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  Pers., 1794
Original name:  Pers., 1794. Neues Mag. Bot. 1: 109.
Devalidated authorship:  Gray, S.F. 1821. Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 1, 1 Nov 1821: 652. [Pers. ex Gray (1821)].

Attributes

Not Sanctioned name (nom. sanct.: ":") [ICBN/ICN, 2019: Rec. F.3A.1] Ref: E. Fries, 1832. Syst. Mycol. 3 (Index Alphab.): 97 ("Pers. (missis subterraneis)"). [no accepted species].

Types

Type of: Hericiaceae (Family) Donk (1964)
Type: Hericium coralloides (Scop.) Pers. (1794) Ref: Index Fungorum, present: 3 Jan 2014.

Variants

Not validly published name: Hericium (Genus) Schrank (1786), nom. nud. Ref: Index Fungorum, present: [19 Oct 2020] (Species Fungorum).

Homonyms

Junior homonym: Hericium (Genus) Fr. (1825), nom. illeg. Ref: E.R. Farr & G. Zijlstra (eds.), 1996-present: 9 Feb 1996.

Synonyms

Synonymous name: Friesites (Genus) P.Karst. (1879) Ref: M.-Q. He et al., 2019: 142.
Synonymous name: Hericium (Genus) Schrank (1786), nom. nud. Ref: M.-Q. He et al., 2019: 142.
Synonymous name: Hericius (Genus) Juss. (1789) Ref: M.-Q. He et al., 2019: 142.
Synonymous name: Martella (Genus) Endl. (1836) Ref: M.-Q. He et al., 2019: 142.
Synonymous name: Medusina (Genus) Chevall. (1826) Ref: M.-Q. He et al., 2019: 142.
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