Nordic J. Bot. 22: 90 (2002).
Protolog: Eriodermati divisio similis sed thallo latissimo, dense hirsuta, et apotheciis marginalibus cupuliformibus; pycnidia procurrentia.
Type locality: Ecuador, Azuay, road Gualaceo-Limon, the pass, scrub vegetation, 3500 m, 11 July 1983, L. & A. Arvidsson 4433 (GB - holotype).
Type: Ecuador. Azuay, road Gualaceo-Limon, the pass, scrub veg., 3500 m, 11. July 1983, L. & A. Arvidsson 4433 (GB, holotypus).