Synonymy:
Helvella mesenterica Dicks., Fasc. pl. crypt. brit. (London) 1: 20 (1785)
Merulius mesentericus (Dicks.) Schrad., Spicil. fl. germ. 1: 138 (1794)
Phlebia mesenterica (Dicks.) Fr., Elench. fung. (Greifswald) 1: 154 (1828)
Patila mesenterica (Dicks.) Kuntze, Revis. gen. pl. (Leipzig) 2: 864 (1891)

Auricularia tremelloides Bull., Herb. Fr. (Paris) 3: pl. 290 (1780)
Thelephora tremelloides (Bull.) Lam. & DC., Fl. gén. env. Paris (Paris) 1: 92 (1826)
Phalloboletus tremelloides (Bull.) Kuntze, Revis. gen. pl. (Leipzig) 2: 865 (1891)

Tremella violacea Relhan, Fl. cantab.: 442 (1785)
Gyraria violacea (Relhan) Gray, Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. (London) 1: 594 (1821)
Dacrymyces violaceus (Relhan) Fr. [as 'violacea'], Systema Mycologicum 2(1): 229 (1822)
Exidia gemmata f. violacea (Relhan) Neuhoff, Ark. Bot. 28A(no. 1): 19 (1936)
Merulioporia violacea (Relhan) Bondartsev, Trut. Grib Evrop. Chasti SSSR Kavkaza [Bracket Fungi Europ. U.S.S.R. Caucasus] (Moscow-Leningrad): 596 (1953)
Meruliopsis violacea (Relhan) Bondartsev, in Parmasto, Eesti NSV Tead. Akad. Toimet., Ser. Biol. 8(4): 274 (1959)

Helvella mesenterica Bolton, Hist. fung. Halifax, App. (Huddersfield) 3: 172 (1792) [1791]
Thelephora mesenterica Pers., Syn. meth. fung. (Göttingen) 2: 571 (1801)

Auricularia corrugata Sowerby, Col. fig. Engl. Fung. Mushr. (London) 3(no. 21): tab. 290 (1800)

Stereum mesentericum (Pers.) Gray, Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. (London) 1: 653 (1821)

Auricularia mesenteriformis Brongn., Essai d'une classification naturelle des champignons: 88 (1825)

Auricularia lobata Sommerf., Mag. Naturvididensk. 6: 295 (1826)

Exidia lobata Sommerf., Suppl. Fl. lapp. (Oslo): 293 (1826)
Patila lobata (Sommerf.) Kuntze, Revis. gen. pl. (Leipzig) 2: 864 (1891)
Auricularia mesenterica var. lobata (Sommerf.) Rea, Brit. basidiomyc. (Cambridge): 727 (1922)

Tremella corrugata Schwein., Trans. Am. phil. Soc., New Series 4(2): 185 (1832) [1834]

Auricularia pusio Berk., J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 18: 386 (1881)
Auricularia mesenterica var. pusio (Berk.) Bres. ex Sacc., Syll. Fung. (Abellini) 23: 557 (1925)

Position in classification:
Auricularia, Auriculariaceae, Auriculariales, Auriculariomycetidae, Agaricomycetes, Basidiomycota, Fungi

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