Byssus velutina Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 1168. 1753.

"Habitat in Terra." RCN: 8401.

Lectotype (Newton in Spencer & al. in Taxon, in press): [icon] " Byssus tenerrima viridis, velutum referens " in Dillenius, Hist. Musc.: 7, t. 1, f. 14. 1741. - Voucher: Herb. Dillenius (OXF) .

Current name: Pogonatum aloides (Hedw.) P. Beauv. ( Polytrichaceae).

Note: According to Druce & Vines (Dill. Herb.: 215. 1907), voucher material in the Dillenian herbarium linked with the corresponding cited illustration is identifiable as the moss, Polytrichum aloides Hedw. (syn. Pogonatum aloides (Hedw.) P. Beauv.).