Basionym Name:Cladonia aspera Ahti & Kashiw., Studies on Cryptogams in Southern Chile (Tokyo): 132 (1984)
Homotypic synonyms:Cladonia asperula Ahti & S. Stenroos, in Ahti, Pino-Bodas, Flakus & Stenroos, Lichenologist 48(6): 518 (2016)