Moss Ear
Chromocyphella muscicola (Fr.) Donk
A species in the family Chromocyphellaceae, order Agaricales. Recorded under 9 common names across 7 languages.
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Classification
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Basidiomycota
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Order
- Agaricales
- Family
- Chromocyphellaceae
- Genus
- Chromocyphella
What it is called
- English
- Moss Ear
- Norwegian
- mosehjelm
- Danish
- Mos-muslingeskål, Muslingeskål
- German
- Moosbewohnendes Braunsporbecherchen
- Czech
- číšovec mechomilný
- Dutch
- Mosschelpje
- Hungarian
- mohánélő szemcsegomba
Also known as
Older literature may use these names. They all refer to the same species.
- Arrhenia muscicola (Fr.) Quél.
- Calyptella chromospora (Pat.) Bigeard & H.Guillemin
- Calyptella crouanii (Pat. & Doass.) Bigeard & H.Guillemin
- Calyptella galeata var. chromospora (Pat.) Quél.
- Calyptella muscicola (Fr.) Quél.
- Chaetocypha chromospora (Pat.) Kuntze
- Chaetocypha crouanii (Pat. & Doass.) Kuntze
- Chaetocypha muscicola (Fr.) Kuntze
- Cyphella chromospora Pat.
- Cyphella crouanii (Pat. & Doass.) Sacc.
- Cyphella fuscospora Curr. ex Cooke
- Cyphella muscicola var. chromospora (Pat.) Gillet
- Phaeocarpus crouanii (Pat. & Doass.) Pat.
- Phaeocyphella chromospora (Pat.) Bourdot & Galzin
- Phaeocyphella crouanii (Pat. & Doass.) Pat.
- Phaeocyphella fuscospora (Curr. ex Cooke) Rea
- Phaeocyphella muscicola (Fr.) Rea
Others in Chromocyphella
Classification and names from the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy (CC-BY 4.0).
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