Flag for Taxon: crested coral fungus (Clavulina cristata)
| Flagger | Content Author | Content | Reason | Flag Created | Resolved by | Resolution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thomashirsch | crested coral fungus (Clavulina cristata) |
it should be merged into C. coralloides, according to index fungorum. http://www.indexfungorum.org/Names/NamesRecord.asp?RecordID=114572 |
Oct. 19, 2018 07:15:34 +0000 | jameskm |
This has since been done. |
Comments
Ok, I don't know what works best. Feel free to leave the flag unresolved or reject it, I'm happy as long as the synonyms are recognized. I just reported it because I noticed a conflict with all other sources I worked with (Norwegian artsobservasjoner.no, wikipedia, and wikipedia's sources).
It seems the system has been changed to allow the parent to be swapped without being forced to accept synonymy of the child taxa with the new species name. That is good.
There is a problem here. The operation of the iNat taxonomy was was recently changed and has significant negative consequences. To merge C. cristata into C. coralloides would require the infra-specific variants to also be moved. C. cristata var zealandica is one of those. It is a good taxon and not the same as C. coralloides. So it should not be subsumed within a broader concept of C. coralloides. It is simply that nobody has got around to officially establishing C. coralloides var. zealandica. If anybody tries to synonimise C. cristata var. zealandica with C. coralloides then I, for one, will be extremely annoyed. It would be both taxonomically and nomenclaturally incorrect. The way the iNat taxonomy works needs correcting, and not blurred for convenience.