Lichen ericetorum Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 1141. 1753.

"Habitat in Europae sylvis sterilissimis, glareosis subnudis, uliginosis." RCN: 8174.

Lectotype (Howe in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 39: 201. 1912): Herb. Linn. No. 1273.19 (LINN) .

Current name: Icmadophila ericetorum (L.) Zahlbr. ( Icmadophilaceae).

Note: See review by Jørgensen & al. (in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 115: 305, f. 27. 1994).