Basionym Name:Cladonia pyxidata subvar. lepidophora Flörke, De Cladoniis, Difficillimo lichenum genere, Commentatio nova (Rostock): 75 (1828)
Homotypic synonyms:Cladonia chlorophaea f. lepidophora (Flörke) Motyka, Flora Polska, Porosty (Warszawa/Krakow) 3(2): 313 (1964)