Synonymy:
Agaricus puniceus Fr., Systema Mycologicum 1: 104 (1821)
Agaricus coccineus subsp. puniceus (Fr.) Pers., Mycologia Europaea (Erlanga) 3: 236 (1828)
Hygrophorus puniceus (Fr.) Fr., Epicrisis Systematis Mycologici: 331 (1838) [1836-1838]
Godfrinia punicea (Fr.) Herink, Sb. severočesk. Mus., Hist. Nat. 1: 68 (1958)
Pseudohygrocybe punicea (Fr.) Kovalenko, Mikol. Fitopatol. 22(3): 208 (1988)

Agaricus puniceus var. acutus Lasch, Linnaea 3: 381 (1828)

Agaricus puniceus var. conicus Lasch, Linnaea 4: 529 (1829)

Hygrophorus puniceus f. minor M.P. Christ., Botany of Iceland 3(2): 200 (1941)

Hygrocybe acutopunicea R. Haller Aar. & F.H. Møller, Schweiz. Z. Pilzk. 34: 66 (1956)

Position in classification:
Hygrocybe, Hygrocybaceae, Agaricales, Agaricomycetidae, Agaricomycetes, Basidiomycota, Fungi

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