Synonymy:
Agaricus porphyropus Alb. & Schwein., Consp. fung. (Leipzig): 153 (1805)
Cortinarius porphyropus (Alb. & Schwein.) Fr., Epicrisis Systematis Mycologici: 271 (1838) [1836-1838]
Myxacium porphyropus (Alb. & Schwein.) P. Kumm., Führ. Pilzk. (Zerbst): 91 (1871)
Phlegmacium porphyropus (Alb. & Schwein.) Wünsche, Die Pilze: 130 (1877)
Gomphos porphyropus (Alb. & Schwein.) Kuntze, Revis. gen. pl. (Leipzig) 2: 854 (1891)

Cortinarius porphyropus f. minor Nespiak, Monographiae Botanicae, Societas Botanicorum Poloniae 10(2): 87 (1960)

Cortinarius porphyropus var. anomaloides Chevassut & Rob. Henry, Docums Mycol. 8(no. 32): 24 (1978)

Cortinarius porphyropus var. porphyrophorus Reumaux, in Bidaud, Moënne-Loccoz, Reumaux & Carteret, Atlas des Cortinaires (Meyzieu) 18(1, 2): 1378 (2009)

Position in classification:
Thaxterogaster, Cortinariaceae, Agaricales, Agaricomycetidae, Agaricomycetes, Basidiomycota, Fungi

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