Lichen leucomelos Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, ed. 2, 2: 1613. 1763.

"Habitat in America meridionali." RCN: 8201.

Lectotype (Swinscow & Krog in Norweg. J. Bot. 23: 124. 1976): Herb. Linn. No. 1273.109 (LINN) .

Current name: Heterodermia leucomelaena (L.) Poelt ( Physciaceae).

Note: See review by Jørgensen & al. (in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 115: 329, 378, f. 43. 1994).