[as 'appalachensis'], Symb. Bot. Upsal. 34(no. 1): 345 (2004).

Protolog: Species Biatorae chrysanthae similis, sed soraliis punctiformibus, convexis et bene elevatis supra thallum, thallo comparate bene delimitato, apotheciis et sporis minoribus. Apothecia acidum gyrophoricum continentes.

Protolog type data: Type: USA, Tennessee, Sevier Co., the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, NE of Newfound Gap, along Appalachian Trail, 35°36.9'N, 83°25.0'W, 1650 m, corticolous on Ilex montana, 21 June 2002, Tønsberg 30987 (DUKE holotype, BG isotype).

Type locality: USA, Tennessee, Sevier County, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, northeast of Newfound Gap, along Appalachian Trail, corticolous on Ilex montana, 1650 m, 21 June 2002, Tønsberg 30987 (DUKE - holotype; BG - isotype).

Type locality coordinates: 35°36.9'N, 83°25.0'W.