First person to use this name on MO: Darvin DeShazer
Editors: Alan Rockefeller, walt sturgeon, Joseph D. Cohen, GALL Alain
Observations of:
Rank: Species
Status: Accepted
Name: Dacrymyces chrysospermus
Author: Berk. & M.A. Curtis
Citation: Grevillea 2(no. 14): 20 (1873) / Berkeley, M.J. 1873. Notices of North American fungi (cont.). Grevillea. 2(14):17-20
Deprecated Synonyms: Dacrymyces palmatus (Schwein.) Burt
Misspellings: Dacrymyces chryospermus, Dacrymyces chrysosperma, Dacromyces chrysospermus
Domain: Eukarya
Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Basidiomycota
Class: Dacrymycetes
Order: Dacrymycetales
Family: Dacrymycetaceae
Genus: Dacrymyces
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According to Species Fungorum, Dacrymyces palmatus (Schwein.) Burt is deprecated in favor of Dacrymyces chrysospermus Berk. & M.A. Curtis. However, Index Fungorum also lists Dacrymyces palmatus Bres. with no opinion about it’s validity (meaning no entry in Species Fungorum).
As of the date of this Comment, the Index Fungorum entry for Dacrymyces palmatus Bres. says that the Species Fungorum current name is Dacrymyces chrysospermus Berk. & M.A. Curtis. (And the Species Fungorum listing for Dacrymyces chrysospermus shows Dacrymyces chrysospermus Berk. & M.A. Curtis with Dacrymyces palmatus Bres. as a synonym.)
But the MycoBank entry for Dacrymyces palmatus Bres. does not include any synonyms. Perhaps MycoBank has not (yet) caught up to the change in Index Fungorum.