Basionym:
Cortinarius herpeticus Fr., Epicrisis Systematis Mycologici: 268 (1838) [MB#232913]
Obligate synonyms:
- Phlegmacium herpeticum (Fr.) Ricken (1915) [MB#356903]
- Cortinarius scaurus var. herpeticus (Fr.) Quél., Enchiridion Fungorum in Europa media et praesertim in Gallia Vigentium: 76 (1886) [MB#477019]
- Phlegmacium herpeticum var. herpeticum (?) [MB#427879]
- Gomphos herpeticus (Fr.) Kuntze, Revisio generum plantarum 3 (3): 854 (1898) [MB#629166]
Taxonomic synonyms:
Cortinarius polychrous Rob. Henry, Bull. Trimestriel Soc. Mycol. France 67 (3): 291 (1952) [MB#440882]