Basionym: Clavaria cinerea Bull., Histoire des champignons de la France. I: 204, t. 354 (1791) [MB#140946] Obligate synonyms: - Ramaria cinerea (Bull.) Gray, A natural arrangement of British plants 1: 656 (1821) [MB#455714] - Corallium cinereum (Bull.) G. Hahn, Der Pilzsammler: 73 (1883) [MB#495669] - Merisma cinereum (Bull.) Spreng., Caroli Linnaei systema vegetabilium 4 (1): 497 (1827) [MB#497323] Taxonomic synonyms: Clavaria coralloides-cinerea Bull., Herbier de la France 8: t. 354 (1788) [MB#509630]