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

"Habitat in Europae ericetis." RCN: 8236.

Lectotype (Ahti in Greuter, Regnum Veg. 128: 73. 1993): Herb. Linn. No. 1273.223, lower specimen (LINN) .

Current name: Cladonia cornuta (L.) Hoffm. ( Cladoniaceae).

Note: See discussion by Jørgensen & al. (in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 115: 297-298. 1994), who also illustrate the type (f. 20).