Basionym: Agaricus aurantiacus Wulfen, Miscellanea austriaca ad botanicum, chemiam et historiam naturalem spectantia 2: 101, t. 14:3 (1781) [MB#203264] Obligate synonyms: - Cantharellus aurantiacus (Wulfen) Fr., Systema Mycologicum 1: 318 (1821) [MB#158768] - Clitocybe aurantiaca (Wulfen) H. Studer, Hedwigia: 6 (1900) [MB#122025] - Merulius aurantiacus (Wulfen) J.F. Gmel., Systema Naturae 2 (2): 1430 (1792) [MB#473578] Taxonomic synonyms: - Cantharellus ravenelii Berk. & M.A. Curtis, Annals and Magazine of Natural History 12: 425 (1853) [MB#166418] - Merulius ravenelii (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Kuntze, Revisio generum plantarum 2: 862 (1891) [MB#473796] - Cantharellus brachypodus Chevall., Flore Générale des Environs de Paris 1: 240, t. 7:5 (1826) [MB#229654] - Merulius brachypodis (Chevall.) Kuntze, Revisio generum plantarum 2: 862 (1891) [MB#534939] - Agaricus alectorolophoides Schaeff., Fungorum qui in Bavaria et Palatinatu circa Ratisbonam nascuntur Icones 4: 46, t. 206 (1774) [MB#467981] - Chanterel alectorolophoides (Schaeff.) Murrill, North American Flora 9 (3): 169 (1910) [MB#468668] - Merulius alectorolophoides (Schaeff.) J.F. Gmel., Systema Naturae 2 (2): 1430 (1792) [MB#440084] - Merulius brachypodes (Chevall.) Kuntze (1891) [MB#440097] - Agaricus subcantharellus Sowerby, Coloured Figures of English Fungi 4: pl. 413, t. 413 (1809) [MB#234166]