Name:		Thelephora cristata Fr., (1821)
Basionym:		Merisma cristatum Pers.
Status:		Species
Taxonomic position:		Thelephora Ehrh. ex Willd. [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 Thelephora cristata var. cristata Thelephora cristata var. spiculosa Fr.
Catalogue data:		Saccardo, Sylloge Fungorum 6: 539, Saccardo, Sylloge Fungorum 12: 777, Saccardo, Sylloge Fungorum 20: 942, 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]