Synonymy:
Peziza stercoraria Bull., Herb. Fr. (Paris) 8: pl. 376 (1788) [1787-88]
Ascobolus stercorarius (Bull.) J. Schröt., in Cohn, Krypt.-Fl. Schlesien (Breslau) 3.2(1–2): 56 (1893) [1908]

Peziza fusca Bolton, Hist. fung. Halifax (Huddersfield) 3: 109 (1790) [1789]

Peziza stercoraria Sowerby, Col. fig. Engl. Fung. Mushr. (London) 3(no. 27): [73] (1803)

Ascobolus aerugineus Fr., Observ. mycol., Cancellans Edn (Havniae) 2: 310 (1818)

Peziza fimiputris Fr., in Weinmann, Hym. à Gast. Imp. Ross. Obs. (Petropoli): 426 (1836)
Humaria fimiputris (Fr.) Sacc., Syll. Fung. (Abellini) 8: 138 (1889)
Ascobolus stercorarius var. fimiputris (Fr.) Boud., Hist. Class. Discom. Eur. (Paris): 72 (1907)
Ascobolus furfuraceus var. fimiputris (Fr.) Grelet, Revue Mycol., Paris 9(1-3): 22 (1944)

Ascobolus furfuraceus var. nudus J. Kickx f., Fl. Crypt. Flandres (Paris) 1: 479 (1867)
Ascobolus stercorarius var. nudus (J. Kickx f.) Boud., Hist. Class. Discom. Eur. (Paris): 72 (1907)

Ascobolus furfuraceus var. coronatus Boud., Annls Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 5 10: 220 (1869)
Ascobolus stercorarius var. coronatus (Boud.) Boud., Hist. Class. Discom. Eur. (Paris): 72 (1907)

Ascobolus stercorarius var. retisporus Clem., Bot. Surv. Nebraska 5: 9 (1901)

Ascobolus stercorarius var. pusillus Velen., Monogr. Discom. Bohem. (Prague): 365 (1934)

Position in classification:
Ascobolus, Ascobolaceae, Pezizales, Pezizomycetidae, Pezizomycetes, Ascomycota, Fungi

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