Synonymy:
Corticium incrustans Pers., Observ. mycol. (Lipsiae) 1: 39 (1796)
Thelephora incrustans (Pers.) Pers. [as 'incrvstans'], Syn. meth. fung. (Göttingen) 1: 57 (1801)

Merisma cristatum Pers., Comm. fung. clav. (Lipsiae): 96 (1797)
Thelephora cristata (Pers.) Fr., Systema Mycologicum 1: 434 (1821)
Corticium cristatum (Pers.) P. Karst., Bidr. Känn. Finl. Nat. Folk 37: 141 (1882)
Soppittiella cristata (Pers.) Massee, Brit. Fung.-Fl. (London) 1: 107 (1892)
Sebacina cristata (Pers.) Lloyd, Mycol. Writ. (Cincinnati) 7(Letter 75): 1361 (1925)

Clavaria tuberculosa Pers., Comm. fung. clav. (Lipsiae): 228, tab. 2:1 (1797)
Merisma cristatum var. tuberculosum (Pers.) Pers., Mycologia Europaea (Erlanga) 1: 156 (1822)

Thelephora sebacea Pers., Syn. meth. fung. (Göttingen) 2: 577 (1801)
Corticium sebaceum (Pers.) Quél., Enchiridion Fungorum in Europa media et praesertim in Gallia Vigentium: 210 (1886)
Corticium sebaceum (Pers.) Massee, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 27: 127 (1890)
Soppittiella sebacea (Pers.) Massee, Brit. Fung.-Fl. (London) 1: 106 (1892)
Sebacina sebacea (Pers.) Maire, Act. Inst. bot. Univ. Athèn. 1: 75 (1940)

Merisma cristatum var. fuscum Alb. & Schwein., Consp. fung. (Leipzig): 284 (1805)

Thelephora sebacea β caldariorum Weinm., Hym. à Gast. Imp. Ross. Obs. (Petropoli): 376 (1836)

Position in classification:
Sebacina, Sebacinaceae, Sebacinales, Incertae sedis, Agaricomycetes, Basidiomycota, Fungi

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