Synonymy:
Daedalea communis (Fr.) P. Kumm. [as 'commune'], Führ. Pilzk. (Zerbst): 53 (1871)
Merulius communis (Fr.) Spirin & Zmitr., Novosti Sist. Nizsh. Rast. 37: 182 (2004)

Agaricus alneus L., Fl. Suec.: 1242 (1755)
Merulius alneus (L.) J.F. Gmel., Syst. Nat., Edn 13 2(2): 1431 (1792)
Apus alneus (L.) Gray, Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. (London) 1: 617 (1821)
Pleuropus alneus (L.) Zaw., Enum. plant. Galic. Bucow. (Breslau): 171 (1835)
Schizophyllum alneum (L.) J. Schröt., in Cohn, Krypt.-Fl. Schlesien (Breslau) 3.1(33–40): 553 (1889)
Hyponevris alneus (L.) Earle, Bull. New York Bot. Gard. 5(18): 412 (1909)

Agaricus alneus Reichard, Schr. naturf. Fr. Berlin: 605 (1780)
Merulius alneus Schumach., Enum. pl. (Kjøbenhavn) 2: 370 (1803)

Agaricus multifidus Batsch, Elench. fung. (Halle): 173 (1783)
Schizophyllum multifidum (Batsch) Fr., in Berkeley & Broome, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14(no. 73): 46 (1873) [1875]
Schizophyllum commune var. multifidum (Batsch) Cooke, Handb. Austral. fungi: 101 (1892)
Schizophyllum alneum var. multifida (Batsch) Fr. ex Sacc., Fl. ital. crypt., Hymeniales (Genoa) 1(14): 511 (1915)

Agaricus villosocanescens Baumg., Fl. Lips.: 627 (1790)

Scaphophorum agaricoides Ehrenb., in Nees von Esenbeck (Ed.), Horae Phys. Berol.: 94 (1820)

Schizophyllum commune var. palmatum Debeaux, Rev. Mycol., Toulouse 2(no. 7): 152 (1880)

Schizophyllum multifidum var. digitatum Ellis & T. Macbr., Bull. Lab. Nat. Hist. Iowa 3(4): 194 (1896)

Schizophyllum commune f. stipitatum L. Krieg., Mycologia 14(1): 47 (1922)

Schizophyllum commune var. longii Parisi, Bulletino dell'orto Botanico della R. Universitá di Napoli 13: 3 (1934)

Schizophyllum alneum f. radiatum Pilát, Ann. Acad. tchecosl. Agric. 2: 461 (1936)

Position in classification:
Schizophyllum, Schizophyllaceae, Agaricales, Agaricomycetidae, Agaricomycetes, Basidiomycota, Fungi

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