Bailey, F.M. (1895), Contributions to the Queensland Flora. Botany Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture of Queensland 10: 35 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "On a flower border in a Brisbane garden. Foetid, but very beautiful; only a single specimen found."

• Etymology: "Name referring to 5-angled receptacle."

White, C.T. (1920), Two interesting fungi. Queensland Naturalist 2: 82 [basionym]

basionym of: Lysurus pentagonus (F.M.Bailey) C.T.White legitimate

Sawada, K. (1933), Descriptive catalogue of the Formosan fungi VI. Report of the Department of Agriculture Government Research Institute of Formosa 61: 64 [basionym]

basionym of: Colus pentagonus (F.M.Bailey) Sawada legitimate

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

synonym of: Lysurus mokusin (Cibot ex L.f.) Fr. legitimate

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