Byssus candelaris Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 1169. 1753.

"Habitat per omnes quatuor mundi plagas in corticibus arborum, parietibus antiquis, tectis diutius vento humido expositis." RCN: 8407.

Lectotype (Ross & Irvine in Taxon 16: 185. 1967): [icon] " Byssus pulverulenta flava, lignis adnascens " in Dillenius, Hist. Musc.: 3, t. 1, f. 4. 1741. - Voucher: Herb. Dillenius (OXF) . - Epitype ( Jørgensen & al. in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 115: 270, 371. 1994): England. London Borough of Lewisham, Blackheath, on timber, Herb. J.E. Smith (LINN-SM) .

Current name: Chrysothrix candelaris (L.) J.R. Laundon ( Chrysotrichaceae).

Note: See review by Jørgensen & al. (in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 115: 270, 371. 1994).