Basionym:
Russula grisea var. olivascens Fr., Epicrisis Systematis Mycologici: 361 (1838) [MB#499586]
Obligate synonyms:
- Russula alutacea var. olivascens (Fr.) Rea, British Basidiomycetae: A handbook to the larger British fungi: 475 (1922) [MB#256559]
- Russula xerampelina var. olivascens (Fr.) Quél., Flore mycologique de la France et des pays limitrophes: 342 (1888) [MB#439070]
Taxonomic synonyms:
- Russula multicolor J. Blum ex Bon, Cryptogamie Mycologie 7 (4): 304 (1986) [MB#129592]
- Russula parolivascens Bidaud & Moënne-Locc., Russules rares ou méconnues: 286 (1996) [MB#445408]
- Russula neglecta Singer ex Hora (1960) [MB#290650]
- Russula neglecta Singer, Mycologia 39: 186 (1947) [MB#482585]
- Russula lutea f. montana Singer, Zeitschrift für Pilzkunde 2 (1): 10 (1923) [MB#374451]
- Russula risigallina f. montana (Singer) Bon, Documents Mycologiques 17 (65): 56 (1986) [MB#129575]
- Russula subolivascens Burl., North American Flora 9: 223 (1915) [MB#503632]
- Russula lutea var. postiana Romell, Öfvers. K. Förh. Kongl. Svenska Vetensk.-Akad.: 182 (1891) [MB#514320]
- Russula postiana (Romell) Romell, Arkiv før Botanik 11 (3): 5 (1911) [MB#415431]