| Name | Cladonia alpicola var. karelica Vainio |
| Authorship | Vainio |
| Rank | Variety |
| NomenclaturalStatus | NomLeg |
| Placed in | Cladonia alpicola (Flotow) Vainio |
| Citation | 1894 Acta Soc. Fauna Fl. Fenn. 10: 65 |
| Holdings | 1 Specimen held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Cladonia alpicola var. karelica Vainio |
| Identification made in | [no date] (1) |