| Name | Lichen Linnaeus |
| Authorship | Linnaeus |
| Rank | Genus |
| NomenclaturalStatus | NomRej |
| Placed in | Lichens |
| Contains | Lichen ciliaris Linnaeus Lichen cocciferus Linnaeus Lichen esculentus Pallas Lichen fuscatus Schrader Lichen jussufii Link Lichen pallidus Schreber Lichen sarcoides Jacquin Lichen stillicidiorum Vahl |
| Remarks | nom. rej. vs. Parmelia Acharius (1803), nom. cons.; Type: L. saxatilis Linnaeus |
| Citation | 1753 Sp. Pl. 2: 1140 |
| Holdings | 19 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Lichen Linnaeus |
| Identification made in | [no date] (11), 1940 (1), 1955 (1), 1993 (1), 2003 (1), 2009 (2), 2012 (1), 2016 (1) |