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The systematics of the genus <i>Hydnum</i> have undergone important advances, and many new species have been described with the aid of molecular data. A revision of old names that refer to <i>Hydnum</i> s. str., considering the knowledge now available, might reveal prioritary names of recently described species. This study focuses on the study of names that refer to white <i>Hydnum</i> in Europe, among which earlier synonyms of <i>Hydnum reginae</i> (=<i>Hydnum albidum</i> s. auct. pl. eur.) are potentially found, a species characterized by producing white basidiomata and smaller spores than any other European species. Our revision revealed the existence of three earlier names based on European material, namely <i>H. pallidum</i> Raddi, <i>H. album</i> Fr. and <i>H. heimii</i> Maas Geest. The earliest of those, <i>Hydnum pallidum,</i> is epitypified using material from Tuscany (Italy), from where it was originally described, and hence, it becomes the correct name for <i>H. albidum</i> s. auct. pl. eur. A full description and photographs of <i>H. pallidum</i> are provided, and further comments on other names that refer to white <i>Hydnum</i> based on European material are made.