Tremella purpurea Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 1158. 1753.

"Habitat in Arborum ramis moribundis & emortuis." RCN: 8263.

Type not designated.

Original material: [icon] in Dillenius, Hist. Musc.: 127, t. 18, f. 6. 1741.

Current name: Nectria cinnabarina (Tode: Fr.) Fr. ( Nectriaceae).