Lichen gracilis Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 1152. 1753.

"Habitat in Europae ericetis montosis, sylvaticis." RCN: 8234.

Lectotype (Ahti in Greuter, Regnum Veg. 128: 79. 1993): [icon] " Coralloides scyphiforme serratum elatius, caulibus gracilibus glabris " in Dillenius, Hist. Musc.: 88, t. 14, f. 13. 1741. - Epitype ( Jørgensen & al. in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 115: 377. 1994): Herb. Dillenius Tab. XIV, No. 13C (OXF) .

Current name: Cladonia gracilis (L.) Willd. ( Cladoniaceae).

Note: See review by Jørgensen & al. (in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 115: 319, 377. 1994).