Byssus phosphorea Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 1168. 1753.

"Habitat in Europae lignis putrescentibus." RCN: 9399.

Lectotype (Ross & Irvine in Taxon 16: 184. 1967): [icon] " Byssus lanuginosa violacea, lignis adnascens " in Dillenius, Hist. Musc.: 4, t. 1, f. 6. 1741. - Voucher: Herb. Dillenius (OXF) .

Current name: Terana caerulea (Lam.: Fr.) Kuntze ( Phanerochaetaceae).