Basionym:
Clavaria crispa Wulfen, Miscellanea austriaca ad botanicum, chemiam et historiam naturalem spectantia 2: 100, tab. 14, fig. 1 (1781) [MB#240303]
Obligate synonyms:
- Merisma crispum (Wulfen) Ehrenb., Sylvae mycologicae Berolinenses: 18 (1818) [MB#239468]
- Masseeola crispa (Wulfen) Kuntze, Revisio generum plantarum 2: 859 (1891) [MB#469819]
- Sparassis crispa (Wulfen) Fr., Novitiae florae svecicae 5 (2): 80 (1819) [MB#662558]
Taxonomic synonyms:
- Sparassis ramosa (Schaeff.) (?) [MB#123184]
- Helvella ramosa Schaeff., Fungorum qui in Bavaria et Palatinatu circa Ratisbonam nascuntur Icones 4: 106, t. 163 (1774) [MB#148410]
- Elvela ramosa Schaeff. (1774) [MB#527967]