Synonymy:
Sphaeria fragiformis Pers., Ann. Bot. (Usteri) 11: 21 (1794)
Peripherostoma fragiforme (Pers.) Gray, Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. (London) 1: 513 (1821)
Stromatosphaeria fragiformis (Pers.) Grev., Scott. crypt. fl. (Edinburgh) 3: 136 (1824)

Lycoperdon variolosum Huds., Syst. Nat., Edn 13 3(Append. Veg.): 234 (1768)

Valsa fragiformis Scop., Fl. carniol., Edn 2 (Wien) 2: 399 (1772)
Sphaeria fragiformis (Scop.) Dicks., Fasc. pl. crypt. brit. (London) 1: 24 (1785)
Peripherostoma fragiformis (Scop.) Gray, Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. (London) 1: 513 (1821)
Gamosphaera fragiforme (Scop.) Dumort., Comment. bot. (Tournay): 90 (1822)
Hypoxylon coccineum var. fragiforme (Scop.) Quél., Mém. Soc. Émul. Montbéliard, Sér. 2 5: 491 (63) (1875)

Sphaeria rubra Willd., Fl. berol. prodr.: 415 (1787)

Hypoxylon coccineum Bull., Hist. Champ. Fr. (Paris) 1(1): 174 (1791)

Sphaeria radians Tode, Fung. mecklenb. sel. (Lüneburg) 2: 29 (1791)
Sphaeria fragiformis var. radians (Tode) Pers., Syn. meth. fung. (Göttingen) 1: 10 (1801)
Discosphaera radians (Tode) Dumort., Comment. bot. (Tournay): 91 (1822)

Sphaeria tuberculosa Sowerby, Col. fig. Engl. Fung. Mushr. (London) 3(no. 25): [58] (1802)

Sphaeria radiata Schumach., Enum. pl. (Kjøbenhavn) 2: 169 (1803)

Sphaeria bicolor DC., in Lamarck & de Candolle, Fl. franç., Edn 3 (Paris) 2: 286 (1805)

Sphaeria argillacea Fr., Observ. mycol. (Havniae) 1: 171 (1815)
Hypoxylon argillaceum (Fr.) J. Kickx f., FI. crypt. Louvain (Bruxelles): 116 (1835)

Sphaeria lateritia DC., Fl. franç., Edn 3 (Paris) 5/6: 137 (1815)

Stromatosphaeria fragiformis var. laevis Grev., Scott. crypt. fl. (Edinburgh) 3: 136 (1824)

Sphaeria enteromela Schwein., J. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad. 5: 10 (1825)
Hypoxylon enteromelum (Schwein.) Berk., Grevillea 4(no. 30): 51 (1875)

Hypoxylon cupreum Fr., Summa veg. Scand., Sectio Post. (Stockholm): 384 (1849)

Nodulisporium ochraceum Preuss [as 'ocheraceum'], in Klotzsch, Herb. Viv. Mycol., Cent.: no. 1272 (1849)
Botrytis ochracea (Preuss) Sacc., Syll. Fung. (Abellini) 4: 137 (1886)

Hypoxylon majusculum Cooke, Grevillea 7(no. 43): 80 (1879)

Hypoxylon fragiforme var. major Berk., in Cooke, Grevillea 70(no. 43): 80 (1879)

Position in classification:
Hypoxylon, Hypoxylaceae, Xylariales, Xylariomycetidae, Sordariomycetes, Ascomycota, Fungi

Note:
We aim to keep taxonomic opinions up to date, but errors or delays can occur. Please report them to our curator.