Mycologia 105, 4: 1005 (2013).

Basionym: Stereocaulon albicans Th. Fr., Stereoc. Piloph. Comm.: 36 (1857).

Protolog: "in Peruvia, unde specimina attulerunt Haenke (Herb. Fries) et Gaudichaud (a Cel. Montagne benign communicatum)"

Type locality: Peru, Haenke (Herb. Fries) & Gaudichaud (UPS? - type unknown).