Lichen velleus Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 1150. 1753.

"Habitat in alpinis Lapponiae, Sueciae, Angliae. rupestris." RCN: 8224.

Lectotype (Howe in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 39: 201. 1912; Jørgensen & al. in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 115: 364, f. 64. 1994): Herb. Linn. No. 1273.199, right specimen (LINN) .

Current name: Umbilicaria vellea (L.) Ach. (Umbiliculariaceae).

Note: Jørgensen & al. (in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 115: 364, 382, f. 64. 1994) restricted Howe’s original type choice to one of the specimens on the sheet.