Scientific names aim for stability, precision, and rigor. Their classification must match evolutionary history (all taxa must be
monophyletic). The names themselves are strictly determined by a set of rules (
International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants).
Scientific taxonomy is impressively well-resolved and mostly objective. Most placements on this page are relatively impersonal choices, following consensus, authoritative, or recent taxonomy. For some debated or debatable taxa, the placements are less impersonal—I have made a few outright subjective choices hoping to keep names relatively easy, convenient, or aligned with field-identification features.
That said, this page is intended to represent a reasonable version of mainstream taxonomy, not a major revision of it. Efforts for intuitively convenient taxonomy are mostly concentrated on the
folk taxonomy page.