Basionym Name:Cladonia flavescens Vain., Acta Soc. Fauna Flora fenn. 4(no. 1): 197 (1887)
Homotypic synonyms:Cladonia polydactyla var. flavescens (Vain.) M. Choisy, Bull. mens. Soc. linn. Lyon 20: 24 (1951)