"Hydnellum aurantiacum" has acquired several synonyms in its taxonomic history, including "Hydnum stohlii", published by Gottlob Ludwig Rabenhorst in 1873, and "Hydnellum complectipes", published by Hall in 1972.Additional synonyms resulting from generic transfers include "Hydnum aurantiacum" (Johannes Baptista von Albertini and Lewis David de Schweinitz, 1825); "Calodon aurantiacus" (Karsten, 1881); and "Phaeodon aurantiacus" (Joseph Schröter, 1888).