Name:		Pseudoplectania melaena Sacc., (1889) page 165
Basionym:		Peziza melaena Fr.
Synonym(s):		Melascypha melaena (Fr.) Boud. Crouania melaena (Fr.) Hazsl. Peziza vogesiaca Pers. Pseudoplectania vogesiaca (Pers.) Seaver (1928)
Status:		Species
Taxonomic position:		Pseudoplectania Fuckel [Genus] Sarcosomataceae Kobayasi [Family] Pezizales J. Schröt. [Order] Pezizomycetidae Locq. [Subclass] Pezizomycetes O.E. Erikss. & Winka [Class] Pezizomycotina O.E. Erikss. & Winka [Subdivision / Subphylum] Ascomycota Caval.-Sm. [Division / Phylum] Fungi R.T. Moore [Kingdom]
Constituent taxa:		Subspecific taxa Pseudoplectania melaena var. fuscocana (Alb. & Schwein.) Fuckel Pseudoplectania melaena var. melaena Pseudoplectania melaena var. sphagnophila Pers.
Catalogue data:		Saccardo, Sylloge Fungorum 8: 165, Saccardo, Sylloge Fungorum 12: 1016, Saccardo, Sylloge Fungorum 20: 540
Cybertruffle Resources:		Cyberliber Cumulative Index Biological Records Database (8 records)
Links:		Fungal Databases [Systematic Botany and Mycology, USDA] Genbank Google images IMI [CABI Fungus Dried Reference Collection] Index Fungorum Landcare [New Zealand] Mycobank New York Botanic Garden [Virtual Fungus Dried Reference Collection]