Synonymy:
Lichen globosus Huds., Fl. Angl.: 460 (1762)

Lichen globiferus L., Mant. Pl. 1: 133 (1767)
Lichen fragilis [unranked] globiferus (L.) Weber, Spicil. fl. goetting.: 206 (1778)
Lichen fragilis var. globiferus (L.) Huds., Fl. Angl., Edn 2: 558 (1778)
Coralloides globiferum (L.) Hoffm., Descr. Adumb. Plant. Lich. 2(2): 25 (1794)
Stereocaulon globiferum (L.) Hoffm., Deutschl. Fl., Zweiter Theil (Erlangen): 131 (1796) [1795]
Sphaerophorus globiferus (L.) DC., in Lamarck & de Candolle, Fl. franç., Edn 3 (Paris) 2: 327 (1805)
Sphaerophorus globuliferus (L.) Balb., Fl. Lyon. (Lyon) 2: 168 (1828)

Sphaerophorus coralloides Pers., Ann. Bot. (Usteri) 7: 23 (1794)
Sphaerophorum coralloides (Pers.) Schrad., Spicil. fl. germ.: 112 (1794)
Cenomyce pyxidata var. coralloidea (Pers.) Ach., Syn. meth. lich. (Lund): 253 (1814)
Patellaria coralloidea (Pers.) Wallr., Fl. crypt. Germ. (Norimbergae) 1: 398 (1831)
Cladonia degenerans [unranked] coralloidea (Pers.) Nyl., Not. Sällsk. Fauna et Fl. Fenn. Förh., Ny Ser. 5: 54 (1861)
Sphaerophorus fragilis var. coralloides (Pers.) Branth & Rostr., Bot. Tidsskr. 3: 261 (1869)
Cladonia degenerans subsp. coralloidea (Pers.) Cromb., Monogr. Lich. Brit.(1): 148 (1894)

Stereocaulon compressum Linds., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 25: 530 (1866)

Sphaerophorus globosus f. congestus H. Magn., Fl. över Skandin. busk- och bladlavar: 27 (1929)

Sphaerophoronomyces coralloidis Cif. & Tomas., Atti Ist. bot. Univ. Lab. crittog. Pavia, sér. 5 10(1): 66 (1953)

Position in classification:
Sphaerophorus, Sphaerophoraceae, Lecanorales, Lecanoromycetidae, Lecanoromycetes, Ascomycota, Fungi

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