Basionym Name:Cladonia japonica Vain., in Hue, Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat., Paris, 3 sér. 10: 265 (1898)
Homotypic synonyms:Cladonia carassensis subsp. japonica (Vain.) Asahina, J. Jap. Bot. 34: 348 (1959)