in Arup, Søchting & Frödén, Nordic J. Bot. 31: 70 (2013).

Basionym: Lichen flavorubescens Huds., Fl. Angl.: 443 (1762).

Type locality: United Kingdom, without locality, on bark, Dickson, herb. Withering 44 (BM - neotype, selected by Laundon 1976: 147).