Basionym:
Clavaria militaris L., Species Plantarum 2: 1182 (1753) [MB#208604]
Obligate synonyms:
- Clavaria gemmata Schaeff., Fungorum qui in Bavaria et Palatinatu circa Ratisbonam nascuntur Icones 4: 122, pl. 290 (1774) [MB#468737]
- Hypoxylon militare (L.) Mérat, Nouvelle flore des environs de Paris 1: 137 (1821) [MB#469573]
- Sphaeria militaris (L.) J.F. Gmel., Systema Naturae Ed. 13 2 (2): 1474 (1792) [MB#206523]
- Xylaria militaris (L.) Gray, A natural arrangement of British plants 1: 510 (1821) [MB#432186]
- Corynesphaera militaris (L.) Dumort., Commentationes botanicae: 1-116 (1822) [MB#431513]
- Torrubia militaris (L.) Tul. & C. Tul., Selecta Fungorum Carpologia: Nectriei- Phacidiei- Pezizei 3: 6 (1865) [MB#465464]
- Cordyceps militaris var. militaris (?) [MB#421078]
- Cordyceps militaris f. militaris (?) [MB#431234]
- Cordylia militaris (L.) Fr., Observationes Mycologicae 2: 317 (1818) [MB#634276]
Taxonomic synonyms:
- Cordyceps roseostromata Kobayasi & Shimizu, Bull. Natl. Sci. Mus. Tokyo 9: 10 (1983) [MB#114259]
- Clavaria granulosa Bull., Herbier de la France 11: t. 496:1 (1791) [MB#497241]
- Cordyceps kyushuensis A. Kawam.: 841 (1955) [MB#586369]
- Cordyceps shuifuensis H. Yu, Y.B. Wang, Y. Wang & Zhu L. Yang, Fungal Diversity 103: 17 (2020) [MB#833092]