Schizothrix fuscescens Kützing, 1843b: 230 (type locality: Markerup Moor, Jylland, Denmark).—Logan, 1961: 521.— G. Davies, 1970: 124.
INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: Australia.
Note: Drouet (1968: 100, 104), after examining the holotype of this species (in L), assigned it to Schizothrix friesii (C. Agardh) Gomont.