Massee, G.E. (1898), Fungi exotici, I. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Informations of the Royal Botanical Gardens Kew 1898: 127 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Subterranean, or emerging from the ground, Rodway, 297."

Cunningham, G.H. (1934), Gasteromycetes of Australasia. XVI. Hymenogastraceae, Part I: the genera Rhizopogon, Melanogaster and Hymenogaster. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 59: 172 [basionym]

basionym of: Dendrogaster violaceus (Massee & Rodway) G.Cunn. legitimate

Cunningham, G.H. (1941), New species and new names in the Hymenogastraceae. New Zealand Journal of Science and Technology 22: 300 [basionym]

basionym of: Gymnoglossum violaceum (Massee & Rodway) G.Cunn. legitimate

Bougher, N.L. & Castellano, M.A. (1993), Delimitation of Hymenogaster sensu stricto and four new segregate genera. Mycologia 85 (2): 280 [basionym]

basionym of: Cortinomyces violaceus (Massee & Rodway) Bougher & Castellano legitimate

May, T.W. (1995), Notes on Protoglossum (Fungi: Cortinariales). Muelleria 8: 288 [basionym]

basionym of: Protoglossum violaceum (Massee & Rodway) T.W.May legitimate

Gasparini, B. (17 August 2014), Cortinarius (Agaricales) revised taxonomy: new species names or combinations. Mycosphere 5 (4): 543 [basionym]

basionym of: Cortinarius subviolaceus Gasparini legitimate

AusFungi (2019), AusFungi 21 Jan. 2019: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Protoglossum violaceum (Massee & Rodway) T.W.May legitimate

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