Basionym Name:Capitularia degenerans o gracilescens Flörke, in Weber & Mohr, Beitr. Naturk. 2: 321 (1810)
Homotypic synonyms:Cenomyce gonorega f. gracilescens (Flörke) Ach., Syn. meth. lich. (Lund): 260 (1814)Cladonia degenerans f. gracilescens (Flörke) Flörke, De Cladoniis, Difficillimo lichenum genere, Commentatio nova (Rostock): 48 (1828)Cladonia gracilescens (Flörke) Vain., Acta Soc. Fauna Flora fenn. 10: 159 (1894)Cladonia gracilescens f. gracilescens (Flörke) Vain., Acta Soc. Fauna Flora fenn. 10: 159 (1894)Cladonia lepidota var. gracilescens (Flörke) Du Rietz, Bot. Notiser: 67 (1924)