Basionym Name:Cladonia macilenta f. lateralis Schaer., Enum. critic. lich. europ. (Bern): 186 (1850)
Homotypic synonyms:Cladonia pleurota f. lateralis (Schaer.) Hillmann, in Hillmann & Grummann, Krypt.-Fl. Brandenburg (Leipzig) 8: 365 (1957)Cladonia polydactyla f. lateralis (Schaer.) M. Choisy, Bull. mens. Soc. linn. Lyon 20: 127 (1951)