in Rehm: Cladon. Exs. 263 [label] (1885).

Basionym: Cladonia degenerans f. subfurcata Nyl., Not. Sällsk. Fauna Fl. Fenn. Förh. 13: 320 (1874).

Type locality: Finland, Kittilä Lapland, Muonio, 1867, J. P. Norrlin s.n. (H-NYL 38313 - lectotype; H - isolectotype). Lectotypification by Ahti (1967).