Cobalt Crust
Terana coerulea (Lam.) Kuntze
A species in the family Phanerochaetaceae, order Polyporales. Recorded under 2 common names across 2 languages.
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Classification
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Basidiomycota
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Order
- Polyporales
- Family
- Phanerochaetaceae
- Genus
- Terana
What it is called
- English
- Cobalt Crust
- Welsh
- Crawen Las
Also known as
Older literature may use these names. They all refer to the same species.
- Athelia coerulea (Lam.) Chevall.
- Auricularia coerulea (Lam.) Mérat
- Auricularia phosphorea Sowerby
- Byssus coerulea Lam., 1779
- Byssus phosphorea L.
- Corticium caeruleum Schrad.
- Corticium coeruleum (Lam.) Fr.
- Dematium violaceum Pers.
- Hypochnus coeruleus (Lam.) Fr., 1818
- Pulcherricium coeruleum (Lam.) Parmasto
- Thelephora caerulea Schrad.
- Thelephora coerulea (Lam.) Schrad. ex DC.
- Thelephora cyanea Sommerf.
- Thelephora indigo Schwein.
- Thelephora violascens var. coerulea (Lam.) Fr.
Others in Terana
Classification and names from the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy (CC-BY 4.0).
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