Basionym:
Clavaria erythropus Pers., Neues Magazin für die Botanik 1: 118 (1794) [MB#484251]
Obligate synonyms:
- Phacorhiza erythropus (Pers.) Grev., Scott. crypt. Fl.: 43 (1823) [MB#470424]
- Cnazonaria erythropus (Pers.) Donk, Mededelingen van het botanisch Museum en Herbarium van de Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht 9: 97 (1933) [MB#264253]
Taxonomic synonyms:
- Typhula neglecta Pat., Revue Mycologique Toulouse 7: 152 (1885) [MB#166152]
- Clavaria gyrans Bolton, An History of Fungusses, Growing about Halifax 3: 112 (1789) [MB#473755]
- Clavaria gyrans Relhan (?) [MB#497242]