Name:		Merisma cristatum Pers., (1797) [basionym]
Synonym(s):		Thelephora cristata (Pers.) Fr. (1821) Corticium cristatum (Pers.) P. Karst. (1882) Cristella cristata (Pers.) Pat. (1887)
Status:		Species
Taxonomic position:		Merisma Pers. [Genus] Thelephoraceae Chevall. [Family] Thelephorales Corner ex Oberw. [Order] Agaricomycetes Doweld [Class] Agaricomycotina Doweld [Subdivision / Subphylum] Basidiomycota R.T. Moore [Division / Phylum] Fungi R.T. Moore [Kingdom]
Constituent taxa:		Subspecific taxa Merisma cristatum var. cristatum Merisma cristatum var. fuscum Alb. & Schwein.
Catalogue data:		Saccardo, Sylloge Fungorum 6: 539, Saccardo, Sylloge Fungorum 15: 211, Saccardo, Sylloge Fungorum 21: 384
Cybertruffle Resources:		Cyberliber Cumulative Index
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]