Basionym: Clavaria fusiformis Sowerby, Coloured Figures of English Fungi 2: 98, pl. 234 (1799) [MB#188308] Obligate synonyms: - Ramariopsis fusiformis (Sowerby) R.H. Petersen, Mycologia 70 (3): 668 (1978) [MB#322302] - Clavaria inaequalis var. fusiformis (Sowerby) Fr., Elenchus Fungorum 1: 231 (1828) [MB#468743] Taxonomic synonyms: - Clavaria compressa Schwein., Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 4 (2): 182 (1832) [MB#246432] - Clavaria platyclada Peck, Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 23 (10): 419 (1896) [MB#245732]