Synonymy:
Helvella clavata Schaeff. [as 'Elvela'], Fung. bavar. palat. nasc. (Ratisbonae) 4: 149 (1774)
Spathularia clavata (Schaeff.) Sacc., Syll. Fung. (Abellini) 8: 48 (1889)

Clavaria spatulata Dicks., Fasc. pl. crypt. brit. (London) 1: 21 (1785)
Helvella spatulata (Dicks.) Purton, Bot. descr. Brit. pl. 3: 452 (1821)

Spathularia rufa Schmidel, Icon. pl., Ed. Palm (Man. III): tab. 50: 1 (1793)
Spathularia flavida subsp. rufa (Schmidel) Pers., Mycologia Europaea (Erlanga) 1: 198 (1822)

Spathularia flava Pers., Comm. fung. clav. (Lipsiae): 34 (1797)

Clavaria spathulata Schmidel, Icon. pl., Ed. Palm (Man. III): tab. 50, fig. 1 (1797)

Spathularia flavida var. cava Schumach., Enum. pl. (Kjøbenhavn) 2: 409 (1803)

Spathularia flavida var. elongata Schumach., Enum. pl. (Kjøbenhavn) 2: 409 (1803)

Spathularia flavida var. laevissima Schumach., Enum. pl. (Kjøbenhavn) 2: 409 (1803)

Mitrula crispata Fr., Epicrisis Systematis Mycologici: 583 (1838) [1836-1838]
Spathulea crispata (Fr.) Fr., Summa veg. Scand., Sectio Post. (Stockholm): 347 (1849)
Spathularia crispata (Fr.) Fuckel, Jb. nassau. Ver. Naturk. 27-28: 66 (1874) [1873-74]
Spathularia clavata var. crispata (Fr.) Boud., Hist. Class. Discom. Eur. (Paris): 88 (1907)

Spathularia flavida var. crispa Corda, Icon. fung. (Prague) 2: 36, tab. 15:125 (1838)

Spathularia clavata var. plicata Thüm., Fungi austr. exsicc. 10: no. 925 (1874)

Spathularia flavida var. rugosa Peck, Rep. (Annual) Trustees State Mus. Nat. Hist., New York 39: 58 (1887) [1886]

Spathularia clavata var. alpestris Rehm, Annls mycol. 2(6): 515 (1904)

Spathularia flavida var. brevispora Mains, Mycologia 47(6): 866 (1956) [1955]

Spathularia flavida var. longispora Mains, Mycologia 47(6): 867 (1956) [1955]

Spathularia flavida var. minima Mains, Mycologia 47(6): 868 (1956) [1955]

Spathularia flavida var. neesii Mains, Mycologia 47(6): 868 (1956) [1955]

Spathularia flavida var. ramosa Mains, Mycologia 47(6): 866 (1956) [1955]

Spathularia flavida var. tortuosa Mains, Mycologia 47(6): 866 (1956) [1955]

Position in classification:
Spathularia, Cudoniaceae, Rhytismatales, Leotiomycetidae, Leotiomycetes, Ascomycota, Fungi

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