Basionym Name:Acarospora desolata H. Magn., Acta horti götoburg. 19(2): 33 (1932)
Homotypic synonyms:Sarcogyne desolata (H. Magn.) K. Knudsen & S. Standl., Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region (Tempe) 3: 292 (2007)