Byssus aurea Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 1168. 1753.

"Habitat in rupibus Arvoniae, Italiae." RCN: 8402.

Lectotype (Irvine in Spencer & al. in Taxon, in press): [icon] " Byssus petraea crocea, glomerulis lanuginosis " in Dillenius, Hist. Musc.: 8, t. 1, f. 16. 1741. - Voucher: Herb. Dillenius (OXF) .

Current name: Trentepohlia aurea (L.) Mart. ( Trentepohliaceae).