Synonymy:
Merulius himantioides Fr., Observ. mycol. (Havniae) 2: 238 (1818)
Lenzites himantioides (Fr.) Gillot & Lucand, Bull. soc. Hist. nat. Autun 3: 184 (1890)
Sesia himantioides (Fr.) Kuntze, Revis. gen. pl. (Leipzig) 2: 870 (1891)
Gyrophana himantioides (Fr.) Bourdot & Galzin, Bull. Soc. Mycol. France 39(2): 108 (1923)
Serpula lacrymans var. himantioides (Fr.) W.B. Cooke, Mycologia 49(2): 207 (1957)

Xylomyzon versicolor Pers., Mycologia Europaea (Erlanga) 2: 30 (1825)

Merulius papyraceus Fr., Elench. fung. (Greifswald) 1: 61 (1828)
Sesia papyracea (Fr.) Kuntze, Revis. gen. pl. (Leipzig) 2: 870 (1891)

Merulius squalidus Fr., Elench. fung. (Greifswald) 1: 62 (1828)
Sesia squalida (Fr.) Kuntze, Revis. gen. pl. (Leipzig) 2: 870 (1891)

Merulius lacrymans var. tenuissimus Berk. & Ravenel, N. Amer. Fung.: no. 134 (1875)
Merulius americanus Burt, Ann. Mo. bot. Gdn 4: 345 (1917)

Merulius silvester K.R. Falck, in Møller, Hausschwamm-forsch. 6: 53 (1912)

Serpula americana (Burt) W.B. Cooke, Mycologia 35(3): 284 (1943)

Merulius gelatinosus Lloyd, Mycol. Writ. (Cincinnati) 7(Letter 67): 1158 (1922)

Coniophora dimitiella S.S. Rattan, Biblthca Mycol. 60: 75 (1977)

Position in classification:
Serpula, Serpulaceae, Boletales, Agaricomycetidae, Agaricomycetes, Basidiomycota, Fungi

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