Marsupella sparsifolia (Lindb.) Dumort.
Sarcoscyphus sparsifolius Lindb., Not. Pro Fauna Fl. Fenn. 9: 280. 1868.
Marsupella sparsifolia (Lindb.) Dumort., Hepat. Eur. 128. 1874.
Nardia sparsifolia (Lindb.) Lindb., Musci Scand. 10. 1879.
Type: Scandinavia.
This bipolar species has two subspecies: subspecies sparsifolia is “largely Arctic-alpine and high subarctic” and is generally rare and local (Schuster, 1996d, p. 41); subspecies childii occurs in our area.
