Synonymy:
Boletus cuticularis Bull., Herb. Fr. (Paris) 10: pl. 462 (1790)
Polyporus cuticularis (Bull.) Fr., Systema Mycologicum 1: 363 (1821)
Inodermus cuticularis (Bull.) Pat., Hyménomyc. Eur. (Paris): 143 (1887)
Phaeoporus cuticularis (Bull.) J. Schröt., in Cohn, Krypt.-Fl. Schlesien (Breslau) 3.1(25–32): 489 (1888) [1889]
Xanthochrous cuticularis (Bull.) Pat., Essai Tax. Hyménomyc. (Lons-le-Saunier): 100 (1900)
Polystictoides cuticularis (Bull.) Lázaro Ibiza, Revta R. Acad. Cienc. exact. fis. nat. Madr. 14(11): 754 (1916)

Polyporus perplexus Peck, Ann. Rep. Reg. N.Y. St. Mus. 49: 33 (1897) [1896]
Inonotus perplexus (Peck) Murrill, Bull. Torrey bot. Club 31(11): 596 (1904)

Xanthochrous fuscovelutinus Pat. [as 'fusco-velutinus'], Bull. Soc. Mycol. France 24(1): 6 (1908)
Polyporus fuscovelutinus (Pat.) Sacc. & Trotter, Syll. Fung. (Abellini) 21: 269 (1912)

Polyporus cuticularis var. hamatopilus Beeli, Bull. Soc. R. Bot. Belg. 56: 65 (1924)

Xanthochrous cuticularis f. platani Singer, Annls mycol. 34(6): 423 (1936)

Position in classification:
Inonotus, Hymenochaetaceae, Hymenochaetales, Agaricomycetidae, Agaricomycetes, Basidiomycota, Fungi

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