Basionym Name:Cladonia coccifera f. monstrosa Mudd, Monograph Brit. Clad.: 33 (1865)
Homotypic synonyms:Cladonia polydactyla f. monstrosa (Mudd) Grummann ex Schade, Abhandl. Ber. Naturkundemus. Görlitz 36: 80 (1959)