iSpot taxonomic error

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Here:


The identification of "Sphaeroderma has been registered as a fungus. Possibly the gremlins are thinking of Scleroderma? The taxonomic link leads to:
https://www.ispotnature.org/communities/uk-and-ireland/species-dictionary/BMSSYS0000020495/sphaeroderma -
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Updated: lavateraguy points out that the same genus name is applied to a fungus - the drop-down list offers both, but as usual it’s not very intuitive.

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Thanks…as an interim measure we need people to put a note in Description to say WHICH is the right one in the drop-down. I always look at other Obs before I make my own
Now see https://www.ispotnature.org/communities/uk-and-ireland/view/observation/208720/beetle.
It seems to be a rare mistake