Unable to create new taxon framework relationship when setting 'Fungi' as the taxon

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Go to https://www.inaturalist.org/taxon_framework_relationships/new, and fill out the following details:

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When you click save to create the relationship, the internal taxon gets destroyed and nothing gets saved:

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I tested the problem by adding a new plant species just now, and filling out the form, and everything worked perfectly and it got created.

I then tried to create the fungus framework again, but this time instead of selecting Fungi as the taxon in the top dropdown menu, I selected Tracheophyta, and it worked as well. So it seems like selecting Fungi from that menu is causing the problem

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I’m puzzled why you want to create a TaxonFramework relationship with IndexFungorum? It is a nomenclator - the fungal equivalent of IPNI - and not a source of taxonomic opinion. There is a related database called SpeciesFungorum for taxonomic opinion, but it is not reliable or current enough to be considered as a general taxonomic source for iNat.
IF is a good source to cite for the name (when adding the name to the iNat database) but not in a TaxonFramework relationship.
Curator Guide · iNaturalist

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My apologies, thanks Jerry. This is (from memory) the first fungus species I’ve added to iNat (I mostly add plants and inverts), will follow your advice for any I add in future.

The bug still stands though given it’s the dropdown option that is affected