Lycoperdon variolosum Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 12, 3: 234. 1768.

"Habitat passim in Arborum ramis emortuis aut moribundis." RCN: 8521.

Type not designated.

Original material: Herb. Linn. No. 1287.10 (LINN); [icon] in Dillenius, Hist. Musc.: 127, t. 18, f. 7. 1741; [icon] in Micheli, Nov. Pl. Gen.: 216, t. 95, f. 2. 1729.

Current name: Hypoxylon variolosum (L.) J. Kickx f. ( Xylariaceae).