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U

Lichen Name Synonym
Umbilicaria arctica (Ach.) Nyl.= incorrectly reported from the British Isles
Umbilicaria cylindrica var. delisei Nyl.= Umbilicaria cylindrica
Umbilicaria cylindrica f. denticulata (Ach.) Leight.= Umbilicaria cylindrica
Umbilicaria cylindrica var. denudata (Turner & Borrer) Frey= Umbilicaria cylindrica
Umbilicaria cylindrica f. exasperata (Turner & Borrer) Leight.= Umbilicaria cylindrica
Umbilicaria cylindrica var. fimbriata (Ach.) Nyl.= Umbilicaria cylindrica
Umbilicaria cylindrica var. laciniata (Retz.) Zahlbr.= Umbilicaria cylindrica
Umbilicaria cylindrica var. tornata (Ach.) Nyl.= Umbilicaria cylindrica
Umbilicaria decussata (Vill.) Zahlbr.= incorrectly reported from the British Isles
Umbilicaria erosa (Weber) Hoffm.= Umbilicaria torrefacta
Umbilicaria erosa var. torrida(Ach.) Nyl.= Umbilicaria torrefacta
Umbilicaria flocculosa (Wulfen) Hoffm.= Umbilicaria deusta
Umbilicaria murina (Ach.) DC.= Umbilicaria grisea
Umbilicaria polyphylla f. congregata (Turner & Borrer) Leight.= Umbilicaria polyphylla
Umbilicaria polyphylla f. glabra (Ach.) Stizenb.= Umbilicaria polyphylla
Umbilicaria polyphylla f. lacera (Leight.) Leight.= Umbilicaria polyphylla
Umbilicaria polyphylla var. lacera (Leight.) Cromb.= Umbilicaria polyphylla
Umbilicaria polyphylla f. monophylla (Leight.) Leight.= Umbilicaria polyphylla
Umbilicaria polyphylla f. sulcata (Turner & Borrer) Leight.= Umbilicaria polyphylla
Umbilicaria polyrrhiza var. luxurians (Ach.) Nyl.= Umbilicaria polyrrhiza
Umbilicaria proboscidea f. corrugata (Hoffm.) Leight.= Umbilicaria proboscidea
Umbilicaria proboscidea var. deplicans Nyl.= Umbilicaria proboscidea
Umbilicaria proboscidea var. exasperata (Hoffm.) Nyl.= Umbilicaria proboscidea
Umbilicaria proboscidea f. fimbriata (Turner & Borrer) Leight.= Umbilicaria proboscidea
Umbilicaria proboscidea f. mesenteriformis sensu Leight., non (Wulfen) Leight.= Umbilicaria proboscidea
Umbilicaria pustulata (L.) Hoffm.= Lasallia pustulata
Umbilicaria spadochroa (Ehrh. ex. Hoffm.) DC. [orth. var.]= Umbilicaria spodochroa
Umbilicaria rigida (Du Rietz) Frey= incorrectly reported from the British Isles
Umbilicaria varia var. arctica (Ach.) Leight.= Umbilicaria arctica (Ach.) Nyl.;
    incorrectly reported from the British Isles
Umbilicaria varia var. deusta (L.) Leight.= Umbilicaria proboscidea
Umbilicaria varia var. erosa (Weber) Leight.= Umbilicaria torrefacta
Umbilicaria varia var. grisea (Hoffm.) Leight.= Umbilicaria grisea
Umbilicaria varia var. flocculosa (Wulfen) Leight.= Umbilicaria deusta
Umbilicaria varia var. hyperborea (Ach.) Leight.= Umbilicaria hyperborea
Umbilicaria varia var. polyphylla (L.) Leight.= Umbilicaria polyphylla
Umbilicaria varia var. polyphylla f. congregata (Turner & Borrer) Leight.= Umbilicaria polyphylla
Umbilicaria varia var. polyphylla f. lacera Leight.= Umbilicaria polyphylla
Umbilicaria varia var. polyphylla f. monophylla Leight.= Umbilicaria polyphylla
Umbilicaria varia var. polyphylla f. sulcata (Turner & Borrer) Leight.= Umbilicaria polyphylla
Umbilicaria varia var. proboscidea sensu Leight., non (L.) Leight.= Umbilicaria cylindrica
Umbilicaria varia var. proboscidea f. denudata (Turner & Borrer) Leight.= Umbilicaria cylindrica
Umbilicaria varia var. proboscidea f. exasperata (Turner & Borrer) Leight.= Umbilicaria cylindrica
Umbilicaria virginis Schaer.= incorrectly reported from the British Isles
Urceolaria cyrtaspis auct.= Ionaspis lacustris
Usnea articulata subsp. intestiniformis (Ach.) Motyka= Usnea articulata
Usnea articulata subsp. mediterranea Motyka= Usnea articulata
Usnea barbata auct. brit. p.max.p.= Usnea filipendula
Usnea barbata var. articulata (L.) Ach.= Usnea articulata
Usnea barbata var. plicata auct. brit. p.p.= Usnea ceratina
Usnea cavernosa Tuck.= incorrectly reported from the British Isles
Usnea ceratina var. incurvescens (Arnold) H. Olivier, non auct. brit. p.p.= Usnea ceratina
Usnea ceratina var. incurvescens auct. brit. p.p., non (Arnold) H. Olivier= Usnea cornuta
Usnea ceratina var. scabrosa sensu Cromb., ? non Ach.= Usnea flammea
Usnea comosa (Ach.) Vain.= Usnea subfloridana
Usnea comosa var. similis (Motyka) Erichsen= Usnea subfloridana
Usnea comosa var. sordidula (Motyka) H. Magn.= Usnea subfloridana
Usnea compacta auct. brit., non (Räsänen) Motyka= Usnea subfloridana
Usnea constrictula Stirt.= Usnea cornuta
Usnea dasaea Stirt.= Usnea cornuta
Usnea dasypoga auct. brit.= Usnea filipendula
Usnea diplotypus Vain.= incorrectly reported from the British Isles
Usnea distincta auct. brit., non Motyka= Usnea subfloridana
Usnea extensa Vain.= Usnea glabrescens
Usnea fibrillosa Motyka= Usnea filipendula
Usnea foveata Vain.= incorrectly reported from the British Isles
#Usnea fulvoreagens auct. brit. p.p., non (Räsänen) Räsänen= Usnea esperantiana
Usnea glauca Motyka= incorrectly reported from the British Isles
Usnea hirta var. comiformis Motyka ex Räsänen= Usnea hirta
Usnea hirta f. hirsutula Stirt.= Usnea subfloridana
Usnea hirta var. minutissima (Mereschk.) Cretz.= Usnea hirta
Usnea hirta var. villosa (Ach.) Räsänen= Usnea hirta
Usnea implicata (Stirt.) Zahlbr.= Usnea baileyi (Stirt.) Zahlbr.;
    incorrectly reported from the British Isles
Usnea inflata (Duby) Motyka= Usnea cornuta
Usnea intexta Stirt.= Usnea cornuta
Usnea laricina auct., ? non Vain. ex Räsänen= Usnea glabrescens
Usnea madeirensis Motyka= Usnea silesiaca
Usnea mollis Stirt.= Usnea fragilescens var. mollis
Usnea monstruosa auct. brit., non Vain.= Usnea filipendula
Usnea muricata Motyka= Usnea filipendula
Usnea pendulina Motyka= incorrectly reported from the British Isles
Usnea plicata auct. brit. p.p.= Usnea ceratina
Usnea plicata var. comosa (Ach.) Ach.= Usnea subfloridana
Usnea protensa Stirt.= Usnea rubicunda
Usnea rubiginea auct. brit., non (Michx.) A. Massal.= Usnea rubicunda
Usnea rubiginosa auct.= Usnea rubicunda
Usnea rupestris Motyka= Usnea flammea
Usnea scabrata Nyl.= incorrectly reported from the British Isles
Usnea sorediifera var. laricina auct., ? non (Vain. ex Räsänen) Keissl.= Usnea glabrescens
#Usnea subfloridana auct. brit. p.p. pre-1992= Usnea wasmuthii
Usnea sublurida Stirt.= Usnea rubicunda
Usnea subpectinata Stirt.= Usnea cornuta
Usnea wirthii P. Clerc= Usnea flavocardia

V

Lichen Name Synonym
Varicellaria rhodocarpa (Körb.) Th. Fr.= incorrectly reported from the British Isles
Variolaria agelaea (Ach.) Turner & Borrer ex Hook.= Phlyctis agelaea
Variolaria argena (Spreng.) Turner & Borrer ex Hook.= Phlyctis argena
Variolaria aspergilla sensu Sm. (1812)= Pertusaria hemisphaerica
Variolaria cinerea Sm.= Trapelia cf. coarctata
Variolaria communis var. aspergilla sensu Gray= Pertusaria hemisphaerica
Variolaria conspurcata (Sm.) Turner & Borrer p.p.= Dirina massiliensis f. sorediata
Variolaria constellata Taylor p.p.= Pertusaria polythecia
Variolaria constellata Taylor p.p.= Phlyctis agelaea
Variolaria discoidea Pers.= Pertusaria albescens var. albescens
Variolaria faginea Pers.= Pertusaria amara
Variolaria flavida DC.= Pertusaria flavida
Variolaria globulifera Turner= Pertusaria albescens var. albescens
Variolaria griseovirens Turner & Borrer ex Sm.= Buellia griseovirens
Variolaria hemisphaerica Flörke= Pertusaria hemisphaerica
Variolaria lactea (L.) Pers.= Pertusaria lactea
Variolaria multipuncta Turner= Pertusaria multipuncta
Variolaria torta Taylor= Bacidia carneoglauca
Variolaria vitiligo (Ach.) Turner & Borrer ex Hook.= Xylographa vitiligo
Verrucaria achroopora Nyl.= Pyrenula dermatodes
Verrucaria addubitans Stirt.= of uncertain application {?LF}
Verrucaria advenula Nyl.= Phaeospora parasitica {LF}
Verrucaria aethiobola var. cataleptoides (Nyl.) Vain.= Verrucaria aethiobola
Verrucaria affinis auct. brit.= Porina aenea
Verrucaria albissima Nyl.= Leptorhaphis epidermidis {F}
Verrucaria amylacea auct. brit.= Verrucaria praetermissa
Verrucaria analepta (Ach.) Ach.= Arthopyrenia analepta {F}
Verrucaria aphanes Borrer= identity uncertain; probably an Opegrapha sp.
Verrucaria aphanes auct. p.p.= Opegrapha vermicellifera
Verrucaria aspiciliae Zehetl., non Vain.= Verrucaria canella
Verrucaria aspiciliicola R. Sant= Verrucaria canella
Verrucaria aquilella Nyl.= Verrucaria aethiobola
Verrucaria aractina Wahlenb.= Verrucaria maura
Verrucaria biformis Borrer= Anisomeridium biforme
Verrucaria bryospila Nyl.= Frigidopyrenia bryospila
Verrucaria calcaricola (Mudd) Leight.= ? Endococcus rugulosus {LF}
Verrucaria carnea (Arnold) Servít= ? Verrucaria hochstetteri
Verrucaria cataleptoides (Nyl.) Nyl.= Verrucaria aethiobola
Verrucaria cataleptoides var. ochrostoma (Borrer ex Leight.) Servít= Verrucaria ochrostoma
Verrucaria ceuthocarpa auct. brit.= Verrucaria degelii
Verrucaria ceuthocarpa Wahlenb.= incorrectly recorded from the British Isles
Verrucaria chlorococca Leight.= Lauderlindsaya acroglypta
Verrucaria chlorotica Ach.= Porina chlorotica f. chlorotica
Verrucaria chlorotica var. codonoidea Leight.= Porina chlorotica f. chlorotica
Verrucaria cinerea sensu Hook., non Pers.= Mycoporum antecellens {F}
Verrucaria collematodes auct. brit.= Verrucaria fusconigrescens
Verrucaria concinna Borrer= Verrucaria dufourii
Verrucaria conferta Taylor= Splanchnonema scoriadea (Fr.) M.E. Barr {F}
Verrucaria degenerascens Nyl. ex A.L. Sm.= Verrucaria funckii
Verrucaria dolomitica (A. Massal.) Kremp.= Verrucaria hochstetteri
Verrucaria dubiella Nyl.= Sphaerulina dubiella {LF}
Verrucaria elachistophora Nyl.= Skyttea elachistophora {LF}
Verrucaria elaeomelaena auct. brit. p.p.= Verrucaria funckii
Verrucaria endococcoidea Nyl.= Phaeospora rimosicola {LF}
Verrucaria epidermidis (Ach.) Ach.= Leptorhaphis epidermidis {F}
Verrucaria epidermidis var. analepta (Ach.) Hook.= Arthopyrenia analepta {F}
Verrucaria epidermidis var. fallax Nyl.= Arthopyrenia analepta {F}
Verrucaria epigaea (Pers.) Ach.= Thrombium epigaeum
Verrucaria epipolytropa (Mudd) Cromb.= Cercidospora epipolytropa {LF}
Verrucaria erichsenii auct. brit.= Verrucaria ditmarsica
Verrucaria fissa Taylor= Staurothele fissa
Verrucaria frisiaca Erichsen= Verrucaria halizoa
Verrucaria foveolata (Flörke) A. Massal.= ? Verrucaria hochstetteri
Verrucaria fumosaria Leight.= ? Endococcus rugulosus {LF}
Verrucaria furvescens Nyl.= Porina mammillosa
#Verrucaria fuscella sensu Wirth (1995)= Verrucaria polysticta
Verrucaria fuscocinerascens Nyl.= Verrucaria aethiobola
Verrucaria glabrata sensu Carroll p.p., non Ach.= Pyrenula dermatodes
Verrucaria glabrata sensu Carroll p.p., non Ach.= Pyrenula occidentalis
Verrucaria glabratula Nyl.= Pyrenula dermatodes
Verrucaria glaucina auct. brit. p.max.p.= Verrucaria fuscella
Verrucaria glaucina auct. brit. p.min.p.= Verrucaria polysticta
Verrucaria glaucina sensu Leight. (1879)= Verrucaria canella
Verrucaria glaucina subsp. canella (Nyl.) A.L. Sm.= Verrucaria canella
Verrucaria granulosaria Clauzade & Zehetl.= Verrucaria latericola
Verrucaria griseorubens Mig.= Verrucaria viridula
Verrucaria hibernica Nyl. (1868)= Pyrenula hibernica
Verrucaria hibernica Zschacke (1927), non Nyl.= Verrucaria aethiobola
Verrucaria hibernica Servít (1955), non Nyl., non Zschacke= Verrucaria hydrela
Verrucaria horistica Leight.= Opegrapha zonata
Verrucaria hybernica Servít (1955) [orth. error],
    non Nyl., non Zschacke
= Verrucaria hydrela
Verrucaria imbrida Taylor= ? a species of Porocyphus,
    Pterygiopsis or Pyrenopsis
Verrucaria immersa Leight., non Hoffm.= Thelidium decipiens
Verrucaria insularis auct. brit.= Verrucaria latericola
Verrucaria integra (Nyl.) Nyl.= ? Verrucaria hochstetteri
Verrucaria inumbrata Nyl.= Polyblastia inumbrata
Verrucaria irrigua sensu Walt. Watson= Verrucaria hydrela
Verrucaria isidioides Borrer= Thelotrema isidioides
Verrucaria kernstockii Zschacke= Verrucaria rheitrophila
Verrucaria laburni (Arnold) Leight.= Arthopyrenia punctiformis {F}
Verrucaria laetevirens Borrer= Lichenomphalia hudsoniana
Verrucaria laetevirens Massee (1892) non Borrer (1830)= Verrucaria mucosa
Verrucaria laevata auct. brit. p.p.= Verrucaria aethiobola
Verrucaria laevata auct. brit. p.p.= Verrucaria praetermissa
Verrucaria larbalestieri Leighton= Endococcus rugulosus {LF}
Verrucaria lectissima (Fr.) Nyl.= Porina lectissima
Verrucaria leightonii Hepp= Verrucaria margacea
Verrucaria leightonii A. Massal., non Hepp= Verrucaria viridula
Verrucaria leptospora Nyl.= Porina leptospora
Verrucaria leptotera Nyl.= Stigmidium marinum {LF}
Verrucaria leucocephala (Pers.) Ach.= Lecanactis abietina
Verrucaria lorraine-smithii M. Knowles= Verrucaria sandstedei
Verrucaria mackenzie-lambii Erichsen= Verrucaria halizoa
Verrucaria malhamensis Nyl.= Verrucaria dufourii
Verrucaria marina (Deakin) Leight.= Stigmidium marinum {LF}
Verrucaria maura var. aractina (Wahlenb.) Torss.= Verrucaria maura
Verrucaria mauroides Schaer.= Verrucaria viridula
Verrucaria melanella Vain.= Verrucaria xyloxena
Verrucaria microspora auct.= Verrucaria halizoa
Verrucaria microsporoides auct. brit., ? non Nyl.= Verrucaria mucosa
Verrucaria mutabilis Borrer ex Leight.= of uncertain application
Verrucaria mutabilis auct. p.p., non Borrer ex Leight.= Verrucaria dolosa
Verrucaria nigritella Nyl.= Merismatium nigritellum {LF}
#Verrucaria nitida auct. brit. p.max.p.= Pyrenula macrospora
#Verrucaria nitida auct. brit. p.min.p.= Pyrenula chlorospila
Verrucaria nitida var. nitidella (Flörke) Schaer.= Pyrenula nitidella
#Verrucaria nitida var. nitidella auct. brit. p.max.p.= Pyrenula chlorospila
Verrucaria niveoatra Borrer= Opegrapha niveoatra
Verrucaria obscura (Sm. & Sowerby) Borrer= Enterographa crassa
Verrucaria olivacea auct.= Porina borreri
Verrucaria oxyspora Nyl.= Leptorhaphis epidermidis {F}
Verrucaria papillosa auct. brit. pre-1980= various Verrucaria spp.
Verrucaria papillosa Ach.= Verrucaria viridula
Verrucaria papillosa var. papillosoides Walt. Watson= Verrucaria sp. of uncertain identity
Verrucaria parmigera auct. brit., non J. Steiner= Verrucaria baldensis
Verrucaria parva Deakin= Verrucaria murina
Verrucaria peloclita Nyl.= Verrucaria pinguicula
%Verrucaria perquisita (Norman) Ertz & Diederich= Trimmatothele perquisita
Verrucaria plumbea Ach.= Verrucaria caerulea
Verrucaria plumbea var. cineracea Mudd= Verrucaria caerulea
Verrucaria psammophila Erichsen= Verrucaria bryoctona
Verrucaria pseudomemnonia Zschacke= ? Verrucaria maura
Verrucaria psoromoides Borrer= Catapyrenium psoromoides
Verrucaria pulposa Leight.= Preussia funiculata (Preuss) Fuckel {F}
Verrucaria pyrenuloides var. hibernica (Nyl.) Carroll= Pyrenula hibernica
Verrucaria retecta Zschacke= Verrucaria aquatilis
Verrucaria retecta sensu Watson p.p.= Verrucaria sp. of uncertain identity
Verrucaria rhodosticta Taylor= Cryptothele rhodosticta
Verrucaria rhyponta auct. brit. p.p.= Stigmidium microspilum {LF}
Verrucaria rudis Borrer= non-lichenized coelomycete
Verrucaria rudis auct. p.max.p.= Opegrapha vermicellifera
Verrucaria rupestris Schrad.= Verrucaria muralis
Verrucaria rupestris var. subalbicans (Leight.) Mudd= Verrucaria ? muralis
Verrucaria rupifraga (A. Massal.) Nyl. ex Cromb.= Staurothele rupifraga
Verrucaria salweyi (Leight. ex Nyl.) Leight. ex Cromb.= Acrocordia salweyi
Verrucaria scotina auct. brit.= Verrucaria prominula
Verrucaria scotina Wedd, non auct. brit.= Verrucaria maura
Verrucaria scotinospora Nyl.= Polyblastia melaspora
Verrucaria silicea Servít= Verrucaria funckii
Verrucaria sphinctrina auct.= Verrucaria baldensis
Verrucaria spurcella Nyl. ex Shackleton & Hebden= Staurothele hymenogonia
Verrucaria striatula f. continua M. Knowles= Verrucaria striatula
Verrucaria subalbicans Leight.= Verrucaria ? muralis
Verrucaria submersa Borrer= Verrucaria hydrela
Verrucaria tartarina Nyl.= Sagediopsis campsteriana {LF}
Verrucaria taylorii Carroll ex Nyl.= Strigula taylorii
Verrucaria tectorum auct. brit., ?
    non (A. Massal.) Körb.
= Verrucaria macrostoma f. furfuracea
Verrucaria tessellata (Sm.) Ach. (1810), non Hoffm. (1796)= Verrucaria sp.
Verrucaria thelostoma Ach. ex J. Harriman= Thrombium thelostomum
Verrucaria thrombioides A. Massal.= Verrucaria macrostoma
Verrucaria tristicula Nyl.= Agonimia tristicula
Verrucaria umbrina Wahlenb.= Staurothele fissa
Verrucaria umbrina var. calcarea Nyl.= Staurothele rupifraga
Verrucaria virens auct. brit., non Nyl.= Verrucaria muralis
Verrucaria viridula var. glaucina sensu Mudd (1861)= Verrucaria fuscella
Verrucaria viridula f. tectorum auct. brit., ?
    non (A. Massal.) J.R. Laundon
= Verrucaria macrostoma f. furfuracea
Vorarlbergia medioincrassata Grummann= Epigloea medioincrassata
Vorarlbergia renitens auct. brit.= Epigloea soleiformis
Vouauxiella uniseptata D. Hawksw.= Nigromacula uniseptata {LF}

W

Lichen Name Synonym
Weddellomyces epicallopismum (Wedd.) D. Hawksw. [orth. error]= Weddellomyces epicallopisma {LF}
Weddellomyces peripherica (Taylor) Alstrup & D. Hawksw. [orth. error]= Weddellomyces periphericus {LF}
Wentiomyces peltigericola D. Hawksw.= Raciborskiomyces peltigericola {LF}
Woessia arnoldiana (Körb.) Sérus. & Diederich= Bacidia arnoldiana
Woessia caligans (Nyl.) Sérus. & Diederich= Bacidia caligans
Woessia delicata (Larbal. ex Leight.) Sérus. & Diederich= Bacidia delicata
Woessia inundata (Fr.) Sérus. & Diederich= Bacidia inundata

X

Lichen Name Synonym
Xanthomendoza coppinsii S. Kondratyuk & Kärnefelt & Søchting nom. inval.= ? Xanthoria ulophyllodes
%Xanthomendoza fulva (Hoffm.) Søchting, Kärnefelt & S. Kondr.= Xanthoria fulva
%Xanthomendoza ulophyllodes (Räsänen) Søchting, Kärnefelt & S. Kondr.= Xanthoria ulophyllodes
#Xanthoria aureola auct. brit. (pre-2005)= Xanthoria calcicola
#Xanthoria candelaria auct. p.p.= Xanthoria fulva
#Xanthoria candelaria auct. p.p.= Xanthoria ucrainica
#Xanthoria candelaria auct. p.p.= Xanthoria ulophyllodes
Xanthoria ectaneoides (Nyl.) Zahlbr.= Xanthoria aureola
Xanthoria fallax auct. brit.= Xanthoria ulophyllodes
Xanthoria lychnea (Ach.) Th. Fr.= Xanthoria candelaria
Xanthoria lychnea auct. p.p.= Xanthoria fulva
Xanthoria parietina var. aureola auct.= Xanthoria calcicola
Xanthoria parietina var. ectanea auct.= Xanthoria aureola
Xanthoria polycarpa f. lobulata auct. brit.= Xanthoria polycarpa
Xylographa abietina (Pers.) Zahlbr.= Xylographa parallela
Xylographa andrewii (Stirt.) Reding.= Geltingia associata {LF}
Xylographa corrugans Norman= Xylographa vitiligo
Xylographa laricicola Nyl.= Xylographa parallela
Xylographa minutula Körb.= ? Xylographa parallela
Xylographa spilomatica (Anzi) Th. Fr.= Xylographa vitiligo

Y

None

Z

Lichen Name Synonym
Zamenhofia coralloidea (P. James) Clauzade & Cl. Roux= Porina coralloidea
Zamenhofia hibernica (P. James & Swinscow) Clauzade & Cl. Roux= Porina hibernica
Zamenhofia rosei (Sérus.) P. James= Porina rosei
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