More on species complexes

The point here is that species already in the iNat dictionary need to be added to
the complex.
For example here is one of several recent additions of a complex
Complex Inocybe cincinnata · iNaturalist
and yet even the nominate species has not been added …
Inocybe cincinnata (Collared Fibrecap) · iNaturalist

Also, adding complexes where there is no published use, perhaps just ‘findings’ from sequencing projects, has the same dangers as adding unpublished names. It is a slippery slope to chaos.

There are also many examples of complexes where the members are in fact readily identifiable, even if only from range restrictions and/or ecology. Those are key factors that drive the emergence of complexes.

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