Synonymy:
Thelephora sanguinolenta Alb. & Schwein., Consp. fung. (Leipzig): 274 (1805)
Phlebomorpha sanguinolenta (Alb. & Schwein.) Pers., Mycologia Europaea (Erlanga) 1: 62 (1822)
Thelephora sericea var. sanguinolenta (Alb. & Schwein.) Pers., Mycologia Europaea (Erlanga) 1: 117 (1822)
Auricularia sanguinolenta (Alb. & Schwein.) Grev., Scott. crypt. fl. (Edinburgh) 4: 225 (1825)
Merulius sanguinolentus (Alb. & Schwein.) Spreng., Syst. veg., Edn 16 4(1): 468 (1827)
Haematostereum sanguinolentum (Alb. & Schwein.) Pouzar, Česká Mykol. 13(1): 13 (1959)

Stereum balsameum Peck, Ann. Rep. N.Y. St. Mus. nat. Hist. 27: 99 (1875) [1874]

Stereum sanguinolentum subsp. rigens P. Karst., Bidr. Känn. Finl. Nat. Folk 37: 243 (1882)
Stereum rigens (P. Karst.) Sacc., Syll. Fung. (Abellini) 6: 565 (1888)

Stereum balsameum f. reflexum Peck, Ann. Rep. Reg. N.Y. St. Mus. 47: 152 (1894)

Stereum sanguinolentum f. alpinum Pilát [as 'alpina'], Bull. Trimestriel Soc. Mycol. France 42: 110 (1926)

Position in classification:
Stereum, Stereaceae, Russulales, Incertae sedis, Agaricomycetes, Basidiomycota, Fungi

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