Basionym Name:Parmelia phaea Tuck. ex E. Michener, in Darlington, Fl. Cestrica, Edn 3 (Philadelphia): 440 (1853)
Homotypic synonyms:Physcia aipolia subsp. phaea (Tuck. ex E. Michener) Clauzade & Cl. Roux, Bull. Soc. bot. Centre-Ouest, Nouv. sér., num. spec. 7: 827 (1985)Physcia phaea (Tuck. ex E. Michener) J.W. Thomson, Beih. Nova Hedwigia 7: 54 (1963)