Lichen articulatus Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 1156. 1753.

"Habitat in Europae australis sylvis." RCN: 8255.

Lectotype ( Jørgensen & al. in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 115: 277. 1994): [icon] " Usnea capillacea & nodosa " in Dillenius, Hist. Musc.: 60, t. 11, f. 4. 1741. - Voucher: Herb. Dillenius (OXF) . - Epitype ( Jørgensen & al. in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 115: 277, 372. 1994): England. Burnley, T. Willifell, Herb. Sherard (OXE) .

Current name: Usnea articulata (L.) Hoffm. ( Parmeliaceae).