Opera Bot. 42: 91 (1977).
Basionym: Alectoria prolixa var. subcana Nyl. ex Stizenb., Arm. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 7: 129 (1892).
Synonym: Index Fungorum
Protolog: Data lacking.
Photobiont: Data lacking.
Chemistry: Cortex, medulla and soralia PD+ red; fumarprotocetraric acid.
Ecology: On both coniferous and deciduous trees and on mossy rocks faces.
Molecular data: Genbank
Distribution: Very insufficiently known. Oceanic. Europe, Asia, western North America. Database
Note:
Type locality: Scotland, 1875, Crombie (H-NYL 35835 - lectotype). Lectotypification in Hawksworth, Lichenologist 5: 249, 1972).
Barcode: Available. Data lacking.
Coordinates: Data lacking.