Lichen juniperinus Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 1147. 1753, nom. cons.

"Habitat in Europae juniperetis. arboreus." RCN: 8207.

Conserved type (Howe in Bull. Toney Bot. Club 39: 201. 1912; Mattsson in Taxon 43: 655. 1994): Sweden. Härjedalen, Storsjö, Flatruet W of Falkvålen, 2 Aug 1991, Mattsson 2340 (LD; iso- H, HMAS, LE, M, O, TNS, US).

Current name: Vulpicida juniperina (L.) Mattsson & M.J. Lai ( Parmeliaceae).

Note: The lectotype (1273.128 LINN) of this name is a specimen of Vulpicida tubulosus (Schaer.) Mattsson & Lai; see detailed reviews by Mattsson (in Opera Bot. 119: 35-37. 1993) and Jørgensen & al. (in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 115: 324-326, f. 41. 1994.) Mattsson successfully proposed the conservation of the name with a conserved type.