a problem with Pyrenopeziza

[SheffieldLass]

Originally Posted by Chris Yeates

When checking on the BMSFRD I was surprised to see that this name had been synonymised with Mollisia lychnidis and, therefore, all previous records have been re-disposed (and potentially 'lost') under that Latin name.
Without thinking about it too deeply I went to the Yorkshire records and changed the few of the Pyrenopeziza we have for the county to the Mollisia.


I’m confused as to how the synonymization has occurred and am concerned that earlier records of the Pyrenopeziza will disappear into those of the Mollisia (if a host is not mentioned then it will be difficult to re-dispose them if needed).

It seems you have hit on what could potentially be a big problem with the records (well, the potential loss of information in them) if species get combined, particularly if this later turns out to be erroneous, seeing that the reassigning of species etc seems to be happening a lot right now. I imagine you have alerted the powers that be in charge of the records, so that steps are taken to make sure that the detail of which name they were first recorded as is retained somewhere in the database. That is probably the biggest and most urgent issue.

The fun and games with nomenclature is, I guess, all part of the red tape that embroils just about every human activity, and something we just have to live with ....

Andreas ... The wasps' nest has been safely transferred to the insect forum, so you needn't worry about stirring it up ... We may still have got a hornets' nest lurking though ....

and some wood ants ....

Melanie