Basionym:
Lycoperdon carpobolus L., Species Plantarum 2: 1184 (1753) [MB#224780]
Obligate synonyms:
- Sphaerobolus carpobolus (L.) J. Schröt., Kryptogamen-Flora von Schlesien 3.1 (6): 688 (1889) [MB#493336]
- Carpobolus stellatus (Tode) Desm., Catalogue des Plantes Omises dans la Botanographie Belgique et dans les Flores du Nord de la France: 28 (1823) [MB#233548]
- Carpobolus albicans Willd., Florae Berolinensis Prodromus: 414 (1787) [MB#233154]
Taxonomic synonyms:
- Nidularia dentata With., An arrangement of British plants 4: 357 (1796) [MB#209437]
- Sphaerobolus dentatus (With.) W.G. Sm., Synopsis of the British Basidiomycetes: A descriptive catalogue of the drawings and speciments in the department of Botany British Museum: 485 (1908) [MB#228745]