McAlpine, D. & Tepper, J.G.O. (1895), A new Australian stone making fungus (Laccocephalum basilapiloides McAlp. and Tepp.). Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 7: 166 [tax. nov.]

• Type: " The figured specimen, described above was obtained through Mr. A. Molineux, F.L.S. (Secretary of the S. A. Agricultural Bureau), from the south-eastern border of S. Australia, and reported as having been found in typical mallee scrub."

• Comment: as "basilapiloides".
• Etymology: "The specific name has reference to this basal stone-like portion."

AusFungi (2019), AusFungi 21 Jan. 2019: - FungI [secondary reference]

synonym: Polyporus basilapiloides (McAlpine & Tepper) Henn. legitimate

AusFungi (2021), AusFungi: - [secondary reference]

• Comment: The epithet is evidently based on Latin basi- and lapis (stone) as the stone-like nature of the basal pseudosclerotium is mentioned several times in the protologue. The genitive singular of lapis is lapidis, meaning that the appropriate stem is lapid-, hence the correction from basilapiloides to basilapidoides, under Art 60.1. This correction was made by Saccardo (1895: Sylloge Fungorum 11: 87), soon after the original publication. [T.W. May, 27 May 2021]

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