Basionym: Merisma penicillatum Pers., Commentatio de Fungis Clavaeformibus: 96 (1797) [MB#234956] Obligate synonym: Merisma cristatum var. penicillatum (Pers.) Pers., Mycologia Europaea 1: 156 (1822) [MB#498456] Taxonomic synonyms: - Thelephora cladoniiformis Velen., Ceske Houby 4-5: 771 (1922) [MB#261031] - Merisma fimbriatum Schwein., Schriften der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft zu Leipzig 1: 110 (1822) [MB#241789] - Thelephora fimbriata (Schwein.) Schwein., Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 4 (2): 166 (1832) [MB#148567] - Thelephora cladoniaeformis Velen. (1922) [MB#284936]