Lichen fuciformis Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 1147. 1753.

"Habitat in India, Canards. " RCN: 8205.

Lectotype ( Jørgensen & al. in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 115: 314. 1994): [icon] " Lichenoides fuciforme tinctorium, corniculis longioribus & acutioribus " in Dillenius, Hist. Musc.: 168, t. 22, f. 61. 1741. - Epitype ( Jørgensen & al. in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 115: 314, 376. 1994): Herb. Dillenius Tab. XXII, No. 61, central specimen (OXF) .

Current name: Roccella fiicifonnis (L.) DC. ( Roccellaceae).