Basionym:
Thelephora zygodesmoides Ellis, North American Flora: 715 (1882) [MB#237601]
Obligate synonyms:
- Pseudotomentella zygodesmoides (Ellis) Svrcek, Ceská Mykologie 12 (2): 68 (1958) [MB#304465]
- Hypochnus zygodesmoides (Ellis) Burt, Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 3: 236 (1916) [MB#100379]
- Tomentella zygodesmoides (Ellis) Höhn. & Litsch., Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften Math.-naturw. Klasse Abt. I 116: 786 (1907) [MB#439166]
Taxonomic synonyms:
- Hypochnus tabacinus Bres., Westf. Pilzbr.: no. 108 (1908) [MB#240055]
- Tomentella tabacina (Bres.) Sacc. & Trotter, Sylloge Fungorum 21: 418 (1912) [MB#224671]
- Tomentella zygodesmoides subsp. tabacina (Bres.) Bourdot & Galzin, Bulletin de la Société Mycologique de France 40 (2): 140 (1924) [MB#471884]
- Tomentella tabacina f. fulvorubella Bourdot & Galzin, Bulletin de la Société Mycologique de France 40 (2): 140 (1924) [MB#279700]