Lichen uncialis Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 1153. 1753, nom. cons.

"Habitat in Europae ericetis." RCN: 8239.

Conserved type ( Jørgensen & al. in Taxon 34: 654. 1994): Sweden. Dalarna, Stora Kopparberg, Rotneby, Stenhammar in Lich. Suec. Exs., ed. 2, No. 210 (UPS).

Current name: Cladonia uncialis (L.) F.H. Wigg. ( Cladoniaceae).

Note: See discussion by Jørgensen & al. (in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 115: 360, 382, f. 61. 1994). The lectotype, 1273.246, lower specimen (LINN), belongs to Cladonia amaurocraea ( Flörke) Schaer and the name was successfully proposed for conservation with a conserved type.