Vain. ex Ahti, in Ahti, Krog & Swinscow, Ann. Bot. Fenn. 24, 1: 93 (1987).

Type locality: France, Réunion, 1890, Frère Rodrìguez s.n. (TUR-V 15077 - holotype; PC - isotype).

Ecology: On low stems and branches and peat soil from sea level upwards (Ahti et al. 1987: 94).

Distribution type: Vanio in Hue (1898) reported the species from Reunion (Type), Mauritius and Madagascar. In Tanzania it is known only from the Pemba and Mafia Islands.

Taxonomy: Data lacking.

Note: "Based on Cladonia varians var. glaucoflava Vain., 1898 (Zahlbruckner, Cat. Lich. Uni. 4: 621), nom.inval., Art. 35.1" (Index Fungorum 13 September 2018). [Cladonia varians Vain. in Hue, Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, Sér. 3, 10: 267 (= Lich. Extra-Eur. 92 1902) nom. nudum].

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