Mucor embolus Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 1185. 1753.

"Habitat in lignis putridis." RCN: 8528.

Type not designated.

Original material: [icon] in Haller, Enum. Meth. Stirp. Helv. 1: 8, t. 1, f. 1. 1742.

Current name: Comatricha nigra (Pers.) J. Schroet . ( Stemonitaceae).

Note: See discussion by Lister (in J. Bot. 51: 161. 1913) and Martin (in Iowa Stud. Nat. Hist. 20(8): 24. 1966).