Melanospora lagenaria (Pers.) Fuckel, Jb. nassau. Ver. Naturk. 23-24: 126. 1870.

Sphaeria lagenaria Pers., Syn. meth. fung. ( Göttingen) 1: 58. 1801. [Basionym]

≡ Ceratostoma lagenaria (Pers.) Fr. [as ‘lagenarium’], Syst. veg., Edn 16: 392. 1827.

≡ Auerswaldia lagenaria (Pers.) Rabenh., Hedwigia 1: 116. 1857.

≡ Cerastoma lagenaria (Pers.) Quél ., Mém . Soc. Émul . Montbéliard, Sér . 2 5: 522. 1875.

≡ Phaeostoma lagenaria (Pers.) Munk [as ‘lagenarium’], Dansk bot. Ark. 17: 82. 1957.

= Melanospora lagenaria var. tetraspora Rehm, Hedwigia 30: 259. 1891.

Notes.

Melanospora lagenaria is similar to M. caprina, but the former has less tomentose ascomata with shorter necks ending in a poorly developed crown of setae. This species is also similar to M. arenaria . For morphological comparison see Notes of the latter species.