Basionym:
Ascobolus versicolor P. Karst., Fungi Fenn. Exs. Cent. 7: no. 659 (1867) [MB#234316]
Taxonomic synonyms:
- Saccobolus violascens Boud., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. Sér. 5. 10: 230 (1869) [MB#238674]
- Ascobolus violascens (Boudier) Gillet, Champignons de France. Les Discomycètes 6: 141 (1883) [MB#804354]
- Saccobolus violascens var. violascens Boud.: 230 (1869) [MB#582590]
- Saccobolus pseudoviolaceus Heimerl (1889) [MB#238385]
- Saccobolus murinus Velen., Monographia Discomycetum Bohemiae 1: 371 (1934) [MB#271851]
- Saccobolus boudieri Oudem., Hedwigia 21 (11): 166 (1882) [MB#148853]
- Saccobolus violascens var. boudieri (Oudemans) Velen., Monographia Discomycetum Bohemiae 1: 370 (1934) [MB#804355]