Synonymy:
Clavaria pistillaris L., Sp. pl. 2: 1182 (1753)
Schweinitzia pistillaris (L.) Grev., Edinb. Phil. J. 8(16): 258 (1823)
Clavariella pistillaris (L.) P. Karst., Rev. Mycol., Toulouse 3(no. 9): 21 (1881)

Clavaria herculeana Schaeff., Fung. bavar. palat. nasc. (Ratisbonae) 2: tab. 169, fig. 9 (1763)
Clavaria pistillaris var. herculeana (Schaeff.) Pers., Syn. meth. fung. (Göttingen) 2: 597 (1801)

Clavaria herculeana Lightf., Flora Scotica (London) 2: 1056 (1777)

Clavaria pistillaris var. ferruginea Bull., Hist. Champ. Fr. (Paris) 1(1): 211 (1791)

Clavaria pistillaris var. fuliginea Bull., Hist. Champ. Fr. (Paris) 1(1): 211 (1791)

Clavaria pistillaris var. rufida Bull., Hist. Champ. Fr. (Paris) 1(1): 211 (1791)

Clavaria pulvinata Pers., Comm. fung. clav. (Lipsiae): 65 (1797)
Clavaria pistillaris var. pulvinata (Pers.) Pers., Syn. meth. fung. (Göttingen) 2: 597 (1801)

Clavaria pistillaris var. communis Alb. & Schwein., Consp. fung. (Leipzig): 289 (1805)

Position in classification:
Clavariadelphus, Clavariadelphaceae, Gomphales, Phallomycetidae, Agaricomycetes, Basidiomycota, Fungi

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